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A contemporary, foundational statement of classic reformed faith, now revised and updated • Comprehensive, coherent, contextual, and conversational • Scripture-saturated, with more exegesis and more Scripture quotations than other one-volume theologies • Upholds classic Calvinist positions on baptism, the Trinity, church government, and much more • Interacts with contemporary issues...

Institution Our Lord himself instituted the sacrament of baptism on the eve of his ascension when he gave to his disciples the Great Commission: “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing [βαπτίζοντες, baptizontes] them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 28:19). The church has then the sanction of heaven to baptize its members; indeed not to baptize them is disobedience to heaven.