Liberty Theological Seminary Book Critique on Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ Submitted to Dr. Christopher Moody in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of this course THEO530- B02LUO Systematic Theology II June 26, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………....3 Summary………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Critique ………………………………………………………………………………………..…4 Conclusion ………... ………………………………………………………………………….…7 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………..9 Introduction In their book, Believer’s Baptism, the authors Schreiner and Wright attempt to incorporate their views on why baptism is essential in the Christian church. Along with its importance they also go further by promoting the believer’s baptism over infant baptism. They begin by attacking the Christian claim found among many that baptism is a trivial issue. They quickly negate this statement with an alternate point of view, that Christians who suffered persecution and martyrdom did not believe it to be so. Summary Placing aside the foreword and introduction, there are ten chapters or sections to this book.
7.) ¶s 1268, 1270: Through baptism, in what do we share with Christ? By Baptism they share in the priesthood of Christ, in his prophetic and royal mission. 8.) What is meant that the baptized is “sealed with an indelible spiritual mark”?
Liberty University THE ROLE OF BAPTSIM IN SALVATION ACCORDING TO ACTS A research paper submitted to Dr. R. Wayne Stacy In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For The course NBST 522 Liberty baptist Theological seminary By SULEIMAN ABBA Lynchburg, Virginia SUNDAY, MARCH 03, 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Baptism 2 Types of Baptism 3 Baptism with Water 3 Baptism with the Holy Spirit 4 Importance of Baptism 6 The role of Jesus’ Baptism in Christianity 8 Baptism according to the Book of Acts 9 Way to receive baptism 11 Purpose of Baptism 13 In order to empower them to teach 13 Power to work miracles to confirm the Word 13 Power to impart spiritual gifts others 13 Branch to establish, conduct and discipline to church 14 Baptism in relation to Christian’s Salvation 14 Conclusion 15 BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 Introduction Considering the question of baptism in the New Testament, we are confronted with two apparently different statements that have helped to determine both theological and exegetical positions. The issue of baptism plays on the missionary command of Matthew 28:19 "Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" and the 4 citations of Acts where the Baptism is administered in the "Name of Jesus." It is interesting to address the issue of Christian baptism as scholars, from a point of view exegetical, theological and historical, define it. The believer's life is characterized by the fact that receives salvation in Jesus Christ. Baptism is part of this process of salvation, and not merely in a ritual and symbolic, but something much deeper, as it has to do with the conversion and the choices you make in the Christian follow Christ.
Baptism is the sacrament in which, by water and the word of God, a person is cleansed of all sin and reborn and sanctified in Christ to everlasting life (CatholicCulture.org). Salvation, eternal life after death, the purification of all sins, and the significance of the Holy Trinity are all Christian beliefs that are demonstrated throughout the sacrament of Baptism. Christians believe that baptism is the first step one must take in order to achieve salvation although many fundamental Christian denominations believe baptism is all that is necessary to achieve it. Catholics believe that baptism is the first hurdle that one takes in order to attain salvation although they accept the teaching of Romans 10:12 which states that one does not need to be baptised to receive salvation they just have to believe in Christ Jesus: "For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile - the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him”. They particularly stress that salvation is accomplished through faith in the Trinity, action and Baptism.
There are 3 things that are essential in a Mormon baptism: 1. It must be performed by someone holding the proper authority (a male who has been ordained to that priesthood) 2. It must be by immersion (i.e. the person’s full body must be submerged under the water). This follows the example of the baptism of Jesus Christ in the River Jordan and also maintains the Greek roots of the word which translates ‘to immerse’.
(Stassen, Yeager, & Yoder, 1996, p. 10) Module 4 consists of a clear presentation of the teleological ethical perspective of Niebuhr, as well as his classical typology (and examples from church history) of distinct responses to the enduring problem of how Christians can or should live in a fallen world. This is followed by a thorough analysis and critique of Niehbuhr's model by John Howard Yoder. The Basics of Christ and Culture Briefly, Niebuhr's five types of Christian ethics as noted by Stassen et al. (1996) include the following: · New Law (Christ Against Culture) portrays Christians as a totally new kind of people living by totally new ethical standards at odds with all foundational aspects of worldly cultures. · Natural Law (Christ of Culture) portrays Christians as seeking to accommodate the ethics and values of the Gospel to bring out the very best in existing but imperfect cultures.
He preached repentance to the nations to prepare for the coming. We see that God is preparing for the restoration of Israel and repentance of the nations to become one. Jesus accomplished by being baptized by John the Baptist that validated his ministry and, furthermore, validated is purpose as the Messiah. Wright points out the usage of Messiah as tied to the Israelites while “The Son of Man” is used by Jesus. The latter is used in Mathew, Luke, and John tied to Jesus current ministry, the suffering, dying, and resurrection, and acts of deity.
Reflection on J. Daniel Hays Essay Applying the Old Testament Law Today OBST 591-D15 Old Testament Orientation I Dr. Robert E. Cole Leisha Edwards November 8, 2012 REFLECTION ON HAYS’ APPROACH TO OLD TESTAMENT LAW According to the Hays’ article “Applying the Old Testament Law Today, it is my interpretation, based on the Old Testament that Hays’ suggest that Christians should adhere to moral, civic and ceremonial laws. He conveys this point by saying the Christians should adhere to moral law. Moreover, he uses the word principlism that by definition includes civic and ceremonial laws. He also offers five steps to applying the law. First, we are to identify the initial audience.
Ch 15 1. Date, audience, purpose of Galatians. 339 Date: about 56 CE; Audience: the church of Galatia, perhaps southern Galatia , a roman province containing the towns of Lystra, Iconium, Derbe ; Purpose: to refute opponents who advocated circumcision and to demonstrate that Jew and Gentile are equally saved by faith in Jesus’ redemptive power 2. What does Paul base his title of apostle on? 340 3.
4-MAT Review: Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling By Mark R. McMinn, Ph.D. Angelique Lawhenore, Student ID 130818 Liberty University COUN 506 August 6, 2009 Author: Mark R. McMinn Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL Date: 1996 Abstract This book was written by McMinn (1996) to directly address “two secret places in counselors’ lives.” The first place is in the counseling office and the second place is the spiritual life of the Christian counselor (p. xi). The main issue, or challenge, at hand for the Christian counselor is to learn how to integrate not only psychology and theology, but to also include the aspect of spiritual formation in the counseling process.