Word and Sacraments
What the Jews Heard at Pentecost and Why It Matters for Infant Baptism
When Peter stood up at Pentecost, his audience was entirely Jewish. What did they hear when he declared that “the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself” (Acts 2:39)? What they heard would have immediately governed their covenant practice […]
Does It Matter How My Church Does Communion?
When I first became a Christian and visited various churches, one of the most noticeable differences was how they celebrated Communion. Many churches celebrated on a monthly basis, while others observed it every week. Some celebrated sporadically throughout the year for special occasions or when it fit the sermon on that particular Sunday.
What Evangelicals Miss About Baptism
Should a Christian ever be rebaptized? Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Core Christianity producer Aaron Simon discuss the confusion surrounding baptism in many evangelical churches and explain why a high view of baptism and the sacraments does not require becoming a sacerdotalist or adopting a Roman Catholic position.
The Sacrament of Baptism {Belgic Confession, Article 34}
Our bodies get dirty. So do our souls. And “Just as water washes away the dirt of the body … so too the blood of Christ does the same thing internally, in the soul, by the Holy Spirit.” Christ’s blood “washes and cleanses [the soul] from its sins and transforms us from being the children of wrath into the children of God.”
Is Infant Baptism Biblical?
Episode 1572 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez shares his journey from credobaptist to paedobaptist. While our Baptist brothers and sisters disagree, Pastor Adriel shares how the more he studied the Bible, the more he came to believe that the scriptures don’t just allow for infant baptism, but necessitate it.
