Category Archives: Baptismal Regeneration

Response to Joshua Charles on Protestantism, Baptism, and Roman Catholicism

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Ken Temple

Joshua Charles thinks that disagreements over baptism, the Lord’s supper, and church government are a problem for Protestants. Also, everyone cannot be a scholar. That is true, but that seems to be a smoke-screen for “just trust us” (the Roman … Continue reading →

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Against ex opere operato power of water baptism

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Ken Temple

“Even Simon Magus once came to the Laver: he was baptized, but was not enlightened; and though he dipped his body in water, he enlightened not his heart with the Spirit: his body went down and came up, but his … Continue reading →

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Baptism in the Early Church, by Everett Ferguson

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Ken Temple

I finally forked up the money to buy the massive comprehensive book, “Baptism in the Early Church”, by Everett Ferguson. I am looking forward to digesting this massive book of 953 pages! I am skipping around right now and just … Continue reading →

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The heart is cleansed by faith first, then baptism follows, like a seal

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Ken Temple

Some key quotes that demonstrate against the idea that baptismal regeneration was unanimous by the early church fathers and early church writers. “That baptismal washing is a sealing of faith, which faith is begun and is commended by the faith of repentance. … Continue reading →

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Historical Developments that slowly led to the eclipsing of the doctrine of justification by faith alone

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Ken Temple

I wrote an article on this years ago (2012) at James Swan’s blog, “Beggar’s All Reformation and Apologetics”. You can see the old article there. I have updated and edited this here. Anthony Rogers excellent recent presentation on Sola Fide … Continue reading →

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Baptism, Baptists, and Church History

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Ken Temple

Overall, a Baptist History has to have 3 elements: 1.  The Anabaptists – 1500s around Luther and Zwingli and then forward. Most of the Anabaptists were Arminian in theology, except for, apparently, Zwingli’s students. 2.  The General Baptists – 1601 … Continue reading →

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“Christ’s incarnation sanctified matter”?

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Ken Temple

Can physical matter (water, bread, relics, icons, statues, rituals, pilgrimages) cause regeneration or increase in sanctifying grace to come into our souls? My comments here are responses to Jay Dyer’s Response to Vocab Malone’s criticism of Eastern Orthodoxy and Chrismation. … Continue reading →

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Physical water does not cleanse the soul

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Ken Temple

In Roman Catholic Apologetics, (and also Eastern Orthodoxy), in defending “Baptismal Regeneration”, a lot is made of Justin Martyr’s section on baptism in his First Apology, 61. My friend Rod Bennett made a lot of his argument on that in … Continue reading →

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Church History, Newman’s false dictum, and baptismal regeneration in the early church

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Ken Temple

This post includes 4 excellent videos about Church History, Historical Theology, Cardinal John Henry Newman’s famous quote, “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant” (which is false, and Gavin Ortlund is providing a ton of good … Continue reading →

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A Brief Rebuttal of Baptismal Regeneration

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Ken Temple

by James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries

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