tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19452097.post1610409065730552484..comments2023-11-25T16:49:13.764-05:00Comments on Habakkuk's Watchtower: Review: "Evangelicals Adrift"Rev. Dr. Peter A. Butler, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05558504416289495142noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19452097.post-55447674848380047692015-12-15T09:51:29.104-05:002015-12-15T09:51:29.104-05:00Thank you very much for your correction; I did not...Thank you very much for your correction; I did not portray your views clearly here. you, indeed, say what you explain in your comment above.<br /><br />I guess the one thing I would say in response, besides, "thank you for the explanation and correction," is that I find it detracting from the whole of your book to state on page 167, "Yet this is a misunderstanding of the New Testament teaching on baptism." Dropping that sentence would be helpful to me in reading your book -- but that may be because I belong to a tradition that practices infant baptism!<br /><br />Thank you for allowing me to read and review your book -- it is a valuable work -- and thank you for helping me to better understand the issues you are presenting.<br /><br />In His Service,<br />PeterRev. Dr. Peter A. Butler, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05558504416289495142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19452097.post-77186319496373986112015-12-14T16:46:34.114-05:002015-12-14T16:46:34.114-05:00Dr. Butler:
Thank you very much for reading and ...Dr. Butler: <br /><br />Thank you very much for reading and reviewing my book. I appreciate it. A couple of things I would note. I believe it's not quite accurate to state that I say evangelicals don't believe in infant baptism. On page 10, which you reference, I say that "the evidence shows that infant baptism was not a practice of the apostolic church." I say nothing about contemporary evangelicals there. Later on, (p. 167), I acknowledge that some Protestants practice infant baptism, but they assign a very different meaning to it from the sacramental churches.<br />Your other question, as to whether I believe there are Christians in the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches - I answer that on page 26: "Nor am I making statements about who is or is not a Christian because of the church they are part of." M. Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655768251322239415noreply@blogger.com