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  Amidst Us Our Bleoved Stands

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  When it comes to baptism and the Lord’s Supper, many Baptists reject the language of sacrament. As a people of the book, the logic goes, Baptists must not let tradition supersede the Bible. So Baptists tend to view baptism and Communion as ordinances and symbols, not sacraments.

  But the history of Baptists and the sacraments is complicated. In Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands, Michael A. G. Haykin argues that earlier Baptists, such as Charles Spurgeon, stood closer to Reformed sacramental thought than most Baptists today do. More than mere memorials, baptism and Communion have spiritual implications that were celebrated by Baptists of the past. Haykin calls for a renewal of sacramental life in churches today-Baptists can and should be sacramental.

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  Baptism : A Guide To Life From Death

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  You’ve been baptized. But do you understand what it means?

  Baptism is the doorway into membership in the church. It’s a public declaration of the washing away of our sin and the beginning of our new life in Christ. But the sacrament that is meant to unite us is often a spring of division instead.

  All Christians use water to baptize. All invoke the triune name. Beyond that, there’s little consensus. Talk about baptism and you’re immediately plunged into arguments. Whom should we baptize? What does baptism do? Why even do it at all?

  Peter Leithart reunifies a church divided by baptism. He recovers the baptismal imagination of the Bible, explaining how baptism works according to Scripture. Then, in conversation with Christian tradition, he shows why baptism is something worth recovering and worth agreeing on.

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  Evangelical Sacramental And Pentecostal

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  Introduction
  1. The Extraordinary Invitation Of John 15:4
  2. Luke-Acts: The Spirit And The Life Of The Church
  3. The Grace Of God: Evangelical, Sacramental, And Pentecostal
  4. The Evangelical Principle
  5. The Sacramental Principle
  6. The Pentecost Principle
  Conclusion: Some Observations And A Case Study
  Notes
  Subject Index
  Scripture Index

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  Evangelical. Sacramental. Pentecostal. Christian communities tend to identify with one of these labels over the other two. Evangelical churches emphasize the importance of Scripture and preaching. Sacramental churches emphasize the importance of the eucharistic table. And pentecostal churches emphasize the immediate presence and power of the Holy Spirit. But must we choose between them? Could the church be all three? Drawing on his reading of the New Testament, the witness of Christian history, and years of experience in Christian ministry and leadership, Gordon T. Smith argues that the church not only can be all three, but in fact it must be all three in order to truly be the church. As the church navigates the unique global challenges of pluralism, secularism, and fundamentalism, the need for an integrated vision of the community as evangelical, sacramental, and pentecostal becomes ever more pressing. If Jesus and the apostles saw no tension between these characteristics, why should we?

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  Walking In The Newness Of Life

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  WALKING IN NEWNESS OF LIFE offers an insightful combination of the theology and spirituality of the sacraments of initiation in a most accessible way.

  The book explores the history and development of each of the three sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist, and draws upon the biblical foundations of each. It also finds a firm basis in the teaching of the Church mindful of of the contemporary reader and the issues that confront the church today in practicing these three rites of initiation. Throughout the book are reflection questions useful for individual readers and discussion/study groups.

  Unique in its combination of theology with biblical background and spirituality, this book has been time tested in parish and college groups, who learned much and encouraged the author to turn it into a book.

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