Author Archives: Jay F Guin

In considering the age of accountability, we have to include in our thinking the doctrine of “conditional immortality.” This is the plain teaching of scripture that the saved will be given immortality and the damned will not. Rather, they will … Continue reading →

I started to post a longish comment in reply to a comment by konastephen. It got too long for the comment section, and I really didn’t manage to stick to the subject. Oh, well. konastephen, Yes, “age of reason” is … Continue reading →

This post continues our consideration of arguments in favor of infant baptism other than original sin. Suffer not Here we need to introduce a statement by Jesus Himself on the subject of children and faith. In Luke 18, some children … Continue reading →

So life intrudes, you know. I’ve doing elder and husband stuff the last couple of days, all the while fighting an infection and pumped full of Cipro — which the doctor says in the drug of choice but which makes … Continue reading →

The Eastern Orthodox Churches do not believe in original sin, and yet they baptize infants. The same is true of Methodists, but the Orthodox have the most ancient tradition, and so that’s where we’ll consider this point of view. The … Continue reading →