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Into the Church or Into the Visible Church?
Rob Rayburn (in his closing argument in the Leithart trial) stated: “Baptism is a means of grace. It brings a person into the church, the family of God as the Confession itself says.” Actually, the Confession says “Baptism is a sacrament of the new testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission…
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Temporary Forgiveness? – Responding to Dr. Robert Rayburn
Dr. Robert Rayburn (PCA pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, WA) wrote: Justification – whatever else it is – is the forgiveness of sins. It is perfectly obvious that there is such a thing as temporary forgiveness because the Bible says there is (cf. Num. 14:20 with 1 Cor. 10:5; Ezekiel 16:1-14; Matthew 18:32-34;…