Kahawa Shopu mu Kanisa
Sindikwa nzeka nagwedde ku mfumuko y'ekisa kya Yesu, nga bwedde okukyasoka mu kifo cya kilemba. Ekyo kiyamba okukula ku lusuku lwa b'ekisa, naye kiyinza okuba n'ekisa cya kubumba n'ekisa cya kubumba…
Methodists and Roman Catholics
There are some significant differences between Methodists and Roman Catholics, though Methodism is more similar to Roman Catholicism than are many forms of Protestantism (such as Calvinism). Some…
Calivinism vs. Roman Catholicism
There are quite a number of significant differences between Calvinism and Roman Catholicism. I'll try just to hit the highlights of some big ones: Faith, Works and Justification : Calvinism teaches…
Is the Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
The argument for Sunday observance of the Sabbath which I find most compelling is as follows: We begin with the premise that the Bible doesn't actually teach that we are to meet on the seventh day of…
Can Catholics be Saved?
I believe the article you refer to is addressed below. I would agree with you that there are quite a number of significant differences between Calvinism and Roman Catholicism. Ra McLaughlin…
Baptism vs. Dedication
There are a couple important differences between dedication and baptism in general. First, the Bible instructs us to baptize people but it does not instruct us to dedicate them. There are examples of…
Invoking God's Presence
You've raised several different points: 1. The Holy Spirit indwells believers and God is omnipresent. The Holy Spirit did not indwell old covenant believers. Yes, the Holy Spirit indwells believers…
Women and the Lord's Supper
The Bible doesn't teach that a person must hold a particular position or office in the church in order to qualify to distribute the elements. The PCA Book of Church Order also does not dictate who…
Baptism as a Seal?
Baptism is a sign and a seal. The circumcision made without hands is symbolized by actual circumcision in the Old Covenant (Rom. 2:28-29) and actual physical baptism in the New Covenant (Col.…
Do the Elements of Communion Matter?
On the wine vs. grape juice issue, I wrote a brief Q&A on that subject that you can find here: Protestant Transubstantiation (History of) . Also, Keith Mathison wrote a four-part series on that…
Grudem on Baptism: Meaning and Mode
Grudem presents three main arguments for immersion as the biblical mode of baptism: " Baptizo means 'to plunge, dip, immerse.'" There is no single instance in the New Testament in which it is stated…
Pre-Apostolic Succession ???
There was an exchange of numerous e-mails regarding this topic. This one somewhat summarizes what has been discussed "so far." This is actually an edited (spelling, formatting, etc., not content)…
Infant Baptism
I know this can be a really tough subject -- I myself was a Baptist for 25 years or so! In fact, most Presbyterians I know used to be Baptists. I also agree that much of what has been written over…
Anti-Paedocommunion
In Reformed circles there are different positions on peadocommunion. There is the "pro" (P-PC) and the "anti" (A-PC) positions. Ra McLaughlin, a trusted and scholarly theologian at IIIM, endorses the…
Is church membership necessary?
The teaching of Reformed theology has always been that not every member of the visible church is a member of the invisible church. As you stated, a lot of people are church members but don't belong…
Which is the True Church?
There are various ways of describing the true church. My preference is to speak of it as the body that contains the faithful remnant. Faithfulness, in turn, is not reckoned by purity of doctrine.…
Re-Baptism?
At IIIM we embrace baptism as a sign and seal of the covenant. We embrace the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), which outlines what we believe biblically. The WCF states in chapter XXVII, " The…
Unbelievers in Covenant
On the New Covenant: Since in Jeremiah it is said to provide for the forgiveness of sins and the writing of the law on the heart, we are inclined to say that it includes only the elect. But the NT…
Women Pastors
As I understand the Bible, women are not supposed to be pastors. I base this understanding on 1 Timothy 2-3, where Paul argued on the foundation of creational ordinances that women ought not to be…
Can I Rest on the Sabbath?
What is your view of WCF 21.8? By my reading, Westminster Confession of Faith 21.8 (cf. WLC 115-120) teaches that the Sabbath (Sunday) is a day on which we cease from our normal labors (jobs…
Children at the Lord's Table
Actually, I agree with the minority position favoring paedocommunion (though this is not Third Millennium Ministries' official position), not so much as an argument from paedobaptism, but rather as…
Infant Baptism
The Bible does not explicitly mention infant baptism, but there are many things that the Bible does not mention that Christians rightly believe. Perhaps the most obvious of such doctrines are those…
Women in Authority
These are really controversial issues nowadays. Here are my two cents: On the issue of women's ordination, I don't believe Paul's stance in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 was culturally conditioned. Rather, it…
Exclusive Psalmody, No Instrumentation
The short answer is that we believe the Bible nowhere prohibits or even hints at prohibiting the use of musical instruments in worship. Further, while the Psalms are wonderful, inspired, perfect…