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July 1999
Volume 3, Number 3
 
F E A T U R E S

Baptism: Christ Marks Us as His Own

By the Rev. Dr. David P. Scaer
Professor of Systematic Theology Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

God's presence in Baptism is more than His working in every place in the universe, but in Baptism He takes us and our children to Himself and He comes to live within us

Into the Womb of the Church Again

By the Rev. Kent J. Burreson
Pastor, St. Peter Lutheran Church, Mishawaka, Ind.

The baptismal rite, and in particular the Divine Name and life-giving water, is the womb of the Church out of which the Lord resurrected us to new life in Christ.

Infant Baptism: An Ongoing Event in the Christian Life

By the Rev. Peter J. Scaer
Pastor, Emanuel Lutheran Church, Arcadia, Ind

Infant Baptism gives expression to the truth that we have been saved by grace alone, apart from works. Infant Baptism is God's love made concrete and real.

Baptism: A Christological Work

By the Rev. Prof. Lawrence A. Rast
Assistant Professor of Historical Theology Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Baptism is pure grace - God's gift in Christ that gives everlasting life.

In the Field

By Pam Knepper
Managing Editor, For the Life of the World

Features the Rev. Alfonso Espinosa, Pastor at St.Paul Lutheran Church, Laguna Beach, Calif.

 

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