by David Allen | Feb 27, 2015 | Baptist, Bible, Theology
Space does not permit an extensive evaluation of what the Church Fathers, paedobaptists and Baptists have said about the mode of baptism, nor is such necessary since their views have been well documented.[1] The older Baptist works defending baptism by immersion are...
by David Allen | Feb 23, 2015 | Baptist, Bible, Theology
In each case in the New Testament where the Greek word baptidzō (to baptize) is used, language, contextual considerations, and logic itself dictate that immersion is intended. It has often been argued against immersion that there was insufficient water in Jerusalem on...
by David Allen | Feb 18, 2015 | Baptist, Bible, Scripture References, Theology
The use of baptizein (“to baptize”) in the passive voice illustrates why, from a semantic standpoint, the meaning must be “immerse.” Take Mark 1:9 as an example. Jesus was baptized, not the water, by John in the Jordan River. When it comes to baptizō, the passive form...
by David Allen | Feb 16, 2015 | Baptist, Bible, Scripture References, Theology
Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich and Danker list the following meanings for baptizō: “dip, immerse, dip oneself, wash.” The word is used in non-Christian literature to mean “plunge, sink, drench, overwhelm.” Three major uses are listed: (1) of Jewish ritual washings –...
by David Allen | Feb 13, 2015 | Baptist, Bible, Scripture References, Theology
“Philology is the eye of the needle through which every theological camel must enter the heaven of theology.”[1] A theology of baptism must begin with the meaning and usage of baptizō in the Septuagint (LXX – Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament done appx....
by David Allen | Feb 9, 2015 | Baptist, Bible, Theology
NOTE: This is Part 3 of a series on “Baptists and Baptism.” One of the clearest facts of church history is from shortly after the founding of the first Baptist Church on English soil to the present time, Baptists have affirmed immersion as the only...
