Baptism

Spurgeon’s Theology of Baptism

September 11, 2023

In the previous article, I considered how Spurgeon became a credobaptist at an Anglican school of all places, and from the Church of England catechism. A few years later, Spurgeon was baptized in the River Lark by Mr. Cantlow, and we considered his own retelling of that day which was May 3, 1850 from his …

“A Seal of Consecration”: Spurgeon’s Account Of His Own Baptism

August 28, 2023

Spurgeon’s “Conversion” to Credobaptism[1] Charles Haddon Spurgeon was sent to an Anglican school, St. Augustine’s College of Maidstone, Kent, at the age of fourteen.[2] He excelled in the school and rose to the top of his class, his intellectual acumen being evident even in those early years. Ironically, it was there at an Anglican school, during …

Baptism- A Burial

October 30, 1881

Baptism- A Burial   "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness …

Romans:6:3-4

Baptismal Regeneration

June 5, 1864

Baptismal Regeneration   "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."—Mark 16:15-16      In the preceding verse our Lord Jesus Christ gives us some little insight into the natural character …

Mark:16:15-16

Christian Baptism

April 9, 1861

Christian Baptism   “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the opera tion of God who hath raised him from the dead.”— Colossians 2:12.        It is the firm belief of almost all Christian people that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, before he left the earth, instituted two ordinances, …

Colossians:2:12