Dustin Beck 🦬 @DustinBTX

The Bible says "baptism now saves you." And sure, you can argue that this doesn't mean what it sounds like. The Bible says that baptism makes us dead to sin and alive to Christ. And sure, you can argue that this doesn't mean what it sounds like. The Bible refers to salvation coming through "the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit." And sure, you can argue that this watery language does not refer to the watery-thing Jesus instituted in Matthew 28 and said that all Christians were to receive. The Bible speaks of being born again of "water and the Spirit." And sure, you can argue that this refers not to baptism, where the Holy Spirit works in the water, but to the water of amniotic fluid (that is, the natural birth) and then another birth, the non-watery rebirth of regeneration through faith by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Bible speaks quite clearly of infant faith. And sure, you can argue that these passages don't mean what it sounds like. The Bible thematically links baptism with circumcision, which was performed on Israelite boys when they were 8 days old. And sure, you can argue that this link doesn't mean what it sounds like. The Bible says that baptism "is for you and your children." And sure, you can argue that this doesn't mean what it sounds like. The Bible says to make disciples through teaching and baptizing "all nations." Children were inarguably included in the Jewish understanding of "nations." And sure, you can argue that a different definition of "nations" is being used when speaking of baptism. The Bible describes entire households being baptized. "Households" is a term that inarguably included children if they were present. And sure, you can argue that all of the households described as being baptized did not include children and that there was no reason for Luke to note this if we were not supposed to think that we should baptize infants. But the problem is that, to deny baptismal regeneration and to reject infant baptism, you have to argue ALL of these things. Each and every one of them. So, what is more likely: that you are forcing false assumptions about baptism onto the Bible or that every single passage describing baptism and infant faith doesn't mean what it says? What's more likely: that you have a flawed hermeneutic or that passage after passage after passage about baptism and infant faith needs a ton of clarification in order to unlock its true meaning?

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When we are being serious and can admit that "apart from works of the law" and "not by works" are synonymous with "alone," we can say that the Bible quite robustly and directly teaches that we are saved through faith alone.

Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles

5 months ago

How many times does the phrase "faith alone" appear in the Bible? And what specifically does the Bible say about "faith alone"?

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Thanks for putting this thread together, Daniel!

Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles

5 months ago

How many times does the phrase "faith alone" appear in the Bible? And what specifically does the Bible say about "faith alone"?

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@HansFiene @Christ_Conserv

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Patrick Webb @Patrickwebb

a year ago

BREAKING: Trump is considering re-appointing Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve Chair, per Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Neither Calvinism (double-predestination) nor Arminianism (synergism) capture Scripture’s teaching of salvation. In Cal, God saves some and damns the rest (and so doesn’t will for all to be saved and come to knowledge of truth). In Arm, God’s grace hinges on US making a choice?!

pagemasta @AdamPage85

a year ago

Calvinism: God can save whomever He wants to save. Arminianism: God can only save those who ask Him to save them. Which one puts God in a box again?

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This is a good take.

Hans Fiene 🦬 @HansFiene

a year ago

If I had been John Wilkes Booth I would NOT have assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

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God be praised!

William Weedon @WmWeedon

a year ago

Folks who found Lutheranism thru ⁦@MattWhitmanTMBH⁩ interview.

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@RevTimKoch You’re the man, @RevTimKoch !

Honored to have contributed in a small way to the ongoing conversation about the care of souls with the wonderful folks at Doxology!

SeelsorgerEditor @EditSeelsorger

a year ago

Seelsorger Volume 10 is now available for purchase. Contributions from @hlsenkbeil @DustinBTX and @revcjackson lulu.com/shop/timothy-k…

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Exhausting 😴

“Thomas Massie doesn’t do anything” Also Thomas Massie:

What happened to the Gold inspection at Fort Knox?

@hlsenkbeil Thanks be to God for your continued faithful service!

Senator…reread Romans 9, 10, 11…Israel was never just a bloodline, nor was it just a nation…Israel has actually always been those who share in the faith of Abraham…in other words, faith in Christ (see Jn 8:48-59). I’m starting to wonder if you believe the OT is about Jesus.

Ted Cruz @tedcruz

a year ago

“Returning to the subject of Cruz’s faith, the Texas senator said that his support for Israel was also rooted in his Christian faith, citing the biblical phrase: “Those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed.” Carlson mocked the fact that

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"I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." These words from Gen 12 are not in reference to the modern day nation called Israel, but are ultimately a promise of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Son of Abraham who would bless all the nations of the earth through His death and resurrection. Christians are free to make pragmatic arguments about why Israel is right to go to war with Iran and/or why the US government should support them. I think there are plenty good arguments of that nature to be made. We are not, however, theologically bound to support (read: bless) the modern state of Israel simply because of its name or Jewish identity. Both our political and theological thinking will be cleaner if we keep our categories clean. Perhaps Ted Cruz should learn more about Iran. He could definitely stand to learn more about the Scriptures he cites.

RCP Video @rcpvideo

a year ago

Sen. Ted Cruz: It Says In The Bible To Bless Israel Or Be Cursed realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/… Tucker Carlson: "The nation God is referring to in Genesis is the current country run by Benjamin Netanyahu right now?"

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@MetzUAC1530 Ah the long-awaited Lutheran Satire Extended Universe.