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Turretin on the Faith of Infants (Reasons – Part 1)
XIV. Rationes cur ita statuamus sunt: 1. Quia promissio Foederis non minus ad Infantes, quam ad Adultos pertinet; siquidem Deus pollicetur se fore Deum Abrahami, et seminis ejus, Ge. xvii.7, et, Act. ii. 39, promissio dicitur facta Patribus et Liberis. Ergo et beneficia Foederis, qualia sunt remissio peccatorum, et sanctificatio, ad eos pertinere debent, ex…
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John Calvin and the Fathers on Baptism
I’ve been told that John Calvin invented a justification for infant baptism that was new. I’m not fully persuaded that, in its essence, Calvin’s justification was new. My impression is that the main argument is that Calvin was departing from medieval Western tradition that viewed baptism essentially as regenerative by virtue of its operation. However,…
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David’s Son – an Unworkable Argument
One of David’s sons died in infancy. David mourned him before he died, but stopped grieving when the child died. This puzzled the servants of David. When asked about his odd behavior: 2 Samuel 12:22-23And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD…
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Response to Beowulf2k8 on Calvinism
I noticed that Beowulk2k8 had commented over at Triablogue on the topic of Calvinism (link to comment). B2k8 writes: You guys are so ridiculous. When Calvinism is ridiculed, it is funny because the Calvinist system is truly stupidity and Satan worship. When Arminianism is ridiculed it is just asinine lame Calvinists trying to look cool…
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Response to Victor Reppert on 1 Samuel 15
Victor Reppert wrote (not to me … but it is also relevant to me): How can you be so strongly pro-life on abortion and also defend killing “babes in arms” as enjoined by I Samuel 15? I answer:a) Killing is ordinarily a lawful and just part of warfare; andb) More particularly, Israel’s genocide of the…
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Objections Regarding Original Sin Answered
An anonymous poster provided some comments regarding this earlier post on the natural depravity of children (link). The comments by the anonymous commenter are in italics, with all the typos being as submitted. “I think some thoughts are being omitted from your interpretation of Psalms 58. First off, they go astray after they are born.…