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November 23, 2016 By Fr. John A. Peck

On Infant Baptism – Is it Biblical?

by Robert Arakaki Another exceptionally well written and reasoned piece, from the Reformed-Orthodox bridge. Martin wrote: I have a question. Baptists and Pentecostals say infant baptism is not biblical.  Do we find infant baptisms in the Bible? I heard someone say that this practice started … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Arakaki Robert, Biblical Resources, Sermon Resources, Theology Tagged With: Cyprian, infant baptism, Origen, Robert Arakaki, tertullian

December 19, 2015 By Fr. John A. Peck

More on the Star of Bethlehem

On the Star of BethlehemEvery year around Christmas, reports appear in the papers or on television which claim to give an astronomical explanation of the Star of Bethlehem: It was a comet, we’re told, or a supernova, or a reading in an astrological horoscope. These speculations miss the early C … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermon Resources Tagged With: Balaam, christ, Magi, Micah, Origen, Septuagint, st. john chrysostom, star of bethlehem

June 5, 2013 By admin

The Eighth Day

To the early Christians, Sunday was not only the first day of the week but was also symbolically the Eighth Day — the Day of Christ’s Resurrection after the “old sabbath”, when a “new creation” was made to replace the original seven day creation as described in Genesis. The concept of a new “Eighth D … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermon Resources Tagged With: Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian of Carthage, Eighth Day, Epistle of Barnabas, Justin Martyr, Methodius of Olypmas, Origen, tertullian

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