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Well, Gill and Keach are definitely Baptists, but they're 17th century strict Baptists, which is closer to my personal view (I am in a Presbyterian Church, but I'm not Presbyterian). Calvin isn't exactly a Presbyterian, but he's a sort of proto-Presby.

My belief about Nicene Creed is that it taligns with biblical doctrines. It was a needed articulation of the Trinity and the divinity of Christ. It was safeguarding orthodoxy. Benjamin Keach endorsed the use of confessions and catechisms, which he saw as tools for instructing believers and...

It’s understandable to have anxiety over the fate of infants, and others near and dear to us. After all, I had studied Reformed theology before becoming a mother. God’s decree is not determined by human ability, age, or understanding, but solely by His sovereign good pleasure (Romans 9:15). The...

I found a couple of other articles about Fundamentalism and Reformed churches. According to this writeup, there was a period when the non-liberal Presbyterians and Reformed influenced Baptists were aligned. From Reformed Fundamentalism. The content is sourced from the Hand Wiki. Clearly...

I have encountered the writings of some Protestant theologians, primarily those considered more gospel-centered. My exposure is selective. Among past figures, I am familiar with Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Gill, Vos, and Hoeksema. Their voluminous works are beyond my mastery. I primarily engage...

Heard of Boice, but never heard him.

Notes on Mark 1:1-8

Yes, I'm talking about the early 20c.

No, he didn't. Calvin said some infants may be among the elect, but was cautious not to say much either way. It's actually certain particular Baptists and a couple of Reformed theologians who affirm that, as men are saved by the Word, infants must be saved the same way as adults (they still...

I have read a little bit about this now, and this is my impression: Fundamentalism's trajectory shows it began as a conservative coalition across various denominations, including many Reformed churches. It eventually fragmented, with the more doctrinally robust elements, such as the OPC...

Today, the Heathen is probably your neighbor. America is a nation of pagan idolatry.

Given that it specifically refers to becoming blameless, ie being washed by the blood of the lamb, it's hard to see how it could refer to anything else. I don't think this is even a useful discussion to have at this point, I've been over this a thousand times and I'm not interested in...

I am very much a proponent of creeds and systematic theology, and I think we can see evidence of this in the earliest church. No. The exact formulation of inerrancy varies across denominations and time, but all classical creedal and evangelical Christians affirm something to this effect.

I found some articles. The more recent ones are more friendly to fundamentalism. What Can We Learn from Christian Fundamentalists? Michael Haykin Responds: Fundamentalism and the New Conservative Evangelical Identity: Fundamentalism and Reformed Theology

Most Fundamentalists are not Calvinistic, yet a significant number do resonate with aspects of Reformed and Lutheran theology. Fundamentalists uphold: the inerrancy of the Bible's autographs; the full humanity and divinity of our Lord, born of a virgin; Christ's atoning death on the cross for...

Or, at best, arbitrary. Like 'everyone who happens to walk by this animal at random times receives faith', it simply doesn't make Biblical sense to impute election and salvation to anything in the created world. God saves, and he is sovereign even over sin. As in Bondage of the Will, God's...

Election is the eternal decree of God, independent of any human action or response. Ephesians 1:4 “even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.” The Somerset Baptist Confession affirms this, stating, “Election is God’s eternal...

God does nothing without a purpose. But election does not occur because of anything we do, or would do, or could do, or might do, but for the sovereign pleasure of God, for the greater Glory of God.

I wish this was only a joke, but this does happen.

Salvation is by faith in the gospel, not by your church organization,, Theology, or political opinions, but that doesn't mean they're unrelated conditional. No one is saved by being super smart and knowing Scripture, for example, the devil. I am not smarter than our enemy, but praise be to our...