Grant Thorpe

  • Commitment Theology: Is it True and Can it Deliver?

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    Author: Grant Thorpe. The word ‘commitment’ is frequently heard in Christian circles. It is used to describe the choice a person makes to become a Christian. and the extent of their faithfulness thereafter. Certain modes of thinking have grown up around this usage which the author has dubbed ‘commitment theology’. This article argues that this…

  • Preparation for Baptism

    Preparation for Baptism

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    Aim Our aim is to understand and receive the key truths of the Christian faith. Baptism is into the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and into the fellowship of the church, so Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and the God’s holy Church will be the outline of what we will…

  • The Nature of Pastoral Service

    The Nature of Pastoral Service

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    Representing Christ’s Lordship to his Church and the World. In addition to the papers written by Noel Due at the time when eldership was being first considered in Coromandel Baptist Church, I have sought to describe the nature of pastoral service—what it is about, what it does and how. This is with a view to…

  • Baptist Baptism as a Confirmation of Faith

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    Where do children belong in the family of God? That is to say, what is their actual status before God? The task of parents is to represent that to their children and the task of the church is to welcome them according to their actual status before God. Jesus modelled that when children desired to…

  • Happily a Child

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    Everyone likes to think that they relate well to others. So much of our life is a matter of relationships, that to be a failure here would be to feel a failure everywhere. But our ability to relate to others has a lot to do with our being a child. Is childhood ever a thing…