... big beasts of the Calvoblog jungle have been clashing over whether Baptists can can justifiably identify themselves as 'Reformed'. ... Westminster Confession of Faith in their Savoy Declaration. And Baptists were justified in further reforming the teaching found in Westminster ... properly understood, the key tennet of the Reformed faith that is covenant theology is baptistic. Reformed Baptists? ...

Interesting discussion on Reformed Forum with a Reformed Baptist Pastor about Credo-Baptists during the Reformation and the differences that arose between Anabaptists, Particular Baptists, and General Baptists. Interesting to get a handle on their different approaches to the state and baptism:

Michael McKinley asks Are Baptists Reformed? Should We Care? We all agree that credo-baptists are not "Reformed" if by "Reformed" you mean "basically in step with Geneva and the Reformed confessions in all the major points of doctrine and ecclesiology". And I think we can all agree that credo-baptists can be "Reformed" if by "Reformed" you

Steven Harmon has noted that Paul Fiddes' paper on baptists and receptive ecumenism is now available as a free download. It is published in 2008 in the journal Louvain Studies. Steven also ... in Ecclesiology (2009) can be downloaded. Neil has an interesting post on challenges facing Baptists While over at the Scottish Baptist College blog there is the beginnings of series of posts on what is a ...

... statements of a modern theological meta-narrative. Conversely, the emerging church movement may provide hope for reformation to Baptists ignorant of the difference between modern truths and Truth incarnate. via The Baptist Standard :: The Newsmagazine of Texas Baptists – 2nd Opinion: Emerging church: Threat or ally?.

... a brief intro to the subject in response to those who not only refuse to "permit" Baptists to use the adjective "reformed" but essentially declare baptist churches to not be true churches and therefore baptists to be outside of the body of Christ by virtue of not being a part of a legitimate "visible" church. The debate ...

... Christ's physical healing with its spiritual significance. It is evident that Christ used good and necessary consequence in order to interpret Scripture. Anti-household baptists have rejected this and while adopting most of the Westminster Confession of Faith, the 2nd London Baptist Confession deliberately omitted the reference to 'good and necessary consequence'. This is because ...

... the version that passed the Senate Finance Committee, and dwarfs in impact the Republican alternative offered in the House by Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio). It is time for evangelicals, Baptists, Catholics and other Christians to get off the sidelines and push hard for health-care reform along the lines of the House bill. This is a historic opportunity that may not come along again, and ...

Looks like the God Hates Fags Baptists are back in our region again, today and tomorrow. They'll be at BCC tomorrow. This is from their SCHEDULE web page: 11/10/2009 06:55 AM - 07:25 AM Bethesda, MD Bethesda Chevy Chase High School - These brutes needs WORDS! 4301 East-West Highway What is the matter with these parents and adults who sit on the sidelines and allow this school to ...

... for the Study of the Securitate Archives) has revealed that Baptist pastor Beniamin Poplăcean collaborated with the secret police during the decade prior to the fall of Communism in that country. For Baptists in Sibiu this has long been a subject for suspicion and speculation. This December it will be twenty years since the revolution that ended the Communist era in that country. And yet there ...