A Christian's Pocket Guide To Baptism: The Water that Unites

by Robert Letham

Publisher:

Christian Focus

, 2012

Overview

What is Christian baptism? Is it, as many believe, a mere symbol? When should someone be baptized? In A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Baptism, Robert Letham answers such questions from Scripture. He reflects sensitively on historic Christian teaching and avoids the extremes that often mark discussions of this subject, making this a book for everyone. Letham’s plain talk will not leave beginners bemused, nor will it frustrate those who want to make real progress in their theological understanding. It is a ‘tragedy’, says Letham, that Christians should think of baptism as ‘the water that divides’. The sign of our union with Christ should unite Christians, not least because it does not focus on our actions, but on God’s mighty deeds. Baptism belongs to him. It must always be administered in connection with faith, yet that does not mean Christians do anything to receive or to earn baptism. They are to be baptized solely because of God’s gracious promises.

Product Details

• Title: A Christian's Pocket Guide To Baptism
• Author: Robert Letham
• Series: A Christian's Pocket Guide
• Publisher: Christian Focus
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 128
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781781910924, 1781910928
• Resource ID: LLS:9781781910924
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-21T07:24:46Z

About Robert Letham

Robert Letham, presbyterian pastor and theologian, teaches Systematic Theology at the Wales Evangelical School of Theology, formerly Evangelical Theological College of Wales. Previously he was Senior Minister of Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church Wilmington Delaware for 17 years. He has taught at London Bible College (now London School of Theology), and most recently was Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia and Visiting Professor of Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Baltimore / Washington DC.