As you know I make no apologies about being a Baptist. I am proud of the Baptist heritage, and I see the many unique Baptist distinctives as being, in fact, Biblical distinctives. History does not lie, and the truth is, that Baptist suffered intense persecution and death because of Bible beliefs that we considered to be of utmost importance. Many people today think that the only difference between Baptist's and Presbyterians is our beliefs about Baptism. That is a gross misrepresentation. So many of our beliefs are diametrically opposed to that of "Covenant Theology Infant Sprinkling Sacramental-ism", that time almost forbids any sort of quick comparison. Suffice it to say, that Presbyterians did not drown Baptist's to death just over our differences regarding Baptism. They recognized clearly the threat of our Biblical Theological System to their Confessional modified form of Roman Catholicism. I don't mean to be harsh, but Baptist died at the hands of Presbyterians, because our Bible based doctrines condemned their half-truths derived from John Calvin. John Calvin did a great service to the world in bringing much needed light from the Bible in a time of great spiritual darkness, but his dependency upon Augustinian Catholicism brought too much Catholic baggage along with the reformation. I just put a new post on the Doctrine page about one area of distinctive Baptist doctrine, which the Presby's reject, because of their close intertwining with the baptism doctrines of Romans 6. If you think there is no difference between Baptist's and Presbyterians, you need to read this article. CLICK HERE
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