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• Who Should Be Baptized? a covenant dialogue

  Posted on December 28, 2015 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    As pastor of a Reformed and Presbyterian church, I have the privilege of applying the sign of covenant initiation to infants born into our church family. I recognize infant baptism is not universally accepted across the contemporary Christian church, so I try to give biblical basis for our practice. We are a church that holds […]

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• Baptism and a Box of Corn Flakes

  Posted on May 19, 2015 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    My Presbyterian congregation entered 2015 with six women pregnant with child. So far, two have been born. Four to go. For a small church that’s a lot of babies in one year. And a lot of babies means a lot of baptisms. Baptism is a point of contention for some, and misunderstood by many. […]

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