Mark Jones

While doing my MA in historical and dogmatic theology I had a very neat (i.e., narrow) understanding of the Reformed tradition. I typically thought in these categories: Reformed versus Arminian;…

“For my part, I had much rather my lot should be found among them who do really believe with the heart unto righteousness, though they are not able to give…

With Carl’s sad anouncement that he is retiring (honourably?) from the Reformation21 blog, the responses have been flooding in, from home-school moms to top men from TGC. I give you…

With bad news on the horizon….I am taking this opportunity to post before the storm. In the interests of showing that I am happy to receive “push-back” on articles, here…

Part 2 of 2 (see part 1 on “Why I Pour” here). As a pastor, who has many baptistic families in his church (who are fine Christians, dear friends, and…

Here is the first of two posts: “Why I Pour” & “Why I Baptize Babies.” They are both roughly 900 words each.  Should we only baptize by immersion, the full…

The reports of my retreat have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I did back out of the ring after seeing 20 Baptists step in.   But, listening to Metallica (coupled with…

I’m terribly sorry to disappoint, but no more responses from me on this topic. I just realized that I am running out of friends: first the baptists; second the twitteristas;…

Professor Michael Haykin has responded to my piece on Baptists and the Lord’s Supper. Dr. Haykin is a leading Baptist historian, an excellent scholar, and most importantly he is a…

Presbyterian ecclesiology has some advantages. For example, we try to refrain from being sectarian. There is a healthy catholicity to our ecclesiology, which is seen in our communion practice (section 7;…