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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...

Import Following John Murray,27 I would urge that the import of baptism should be derived from the terms of its institution and from the several references to it in the New Testament. When we take our point of departure from the formula that Jesus used in its institution, namely, “baptizing into the name” (βαπτίζοντες εἰς τὸ ὄνομα, baptizontes eis to onoma; see 1 Cor. 1:13, 15—“baptized into the name of Paul”; 1 Cor. 10:2—“baptized into Moses”), it becomes apparent that the formula expresses