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Why I Am Not a Baptist

July 28, 2020 Casey Chalk 40

I am persuaded God has a sense of humor. When I was once a Presbyterian, Calvinist seminarian, I tried, without result, to persuade my then-Reformed Baptist girlfriend that paedobaptism—the practice of baptizing infants and children—had […]

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When I die, do not cremate me!

May 15, 2020 Casey Chalk 25

There’s something inexplicably profound about the dead, buried body, even as it decays to bones and dust. It reminds man of his morality, while suggesting, via the tension of a corpse that looks and feels […]