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Lig Duncan

Book Both "Together" Conferences NOW

February 28, 2008

I can’t offer two conferences for the price of one, but I can—in one post—discuss two conferences which, for all the similarities of their names, do have some important differences. For a start, they are on opposite sides of the Atlantic, so booking into the wrong one would be a significant logistical headache! I am [...]

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Rediscovering Theopedia

August 31, 2007

I have spent a bit of time over the last few days rediscovering Theopedia. It is not quite so frenetic and unstructured as Wikkipedia. This is probably due to its requirement that you acknowledge a statement of faith and be registered before editing items. They are keen for more contributors and if you have good [...]

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Why Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and Church Membership Differences Exist

August 23, 2007

Lig Duncan has promised us he will write more on the reasons why this debate is not an easy one to resolve. His statement got me thinking, and while I’m still resisting the temptation to state who I agree with, it has rattled around in my brain long enough for me to want to have [...]

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Lig Duncan On the Great Baptism, Church Membership, and Lord’s Supper Debate

August 21, 2007

Lig Duncan has responded resoundingly to both sides of the debate about whether he should be allowed to join a Baptist church. He argues that these differences are important and demonstrate a passion for truth that is critical. Here is just some of what he says:
“. . . let me say that this significant difference [...]

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"Lig Duncan Baptized as a Believer," Reveals Justin Taylor

August 21, 2007

In news that will shake the blogosphere, Justin Taylor has not only shown that he is with Sam Storms on these issues, he has exclusively revealed that Lig Duncan was not baptized as an infant! Anyone questioning his commitment to the Presbyterian cause would no doubt be told “It wasn’t my fault my parents didn’t [...]

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Lig Duncan Speaks Up for Paedobaptists

August 17, 2007

Lig has written about his main reasons for believing in paedobaptism. What he hasn’t said is whether he thinks he should be allowed to become a member in a baptist church if he wanted to, or whether a baptist would be free to join his church. Here are Lig’s arguements for christening babies:-
1. [...]

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Mark Dever and Ancient Baptistries

May 24, 2007

Mark Dever has been visiting ancient baptistries during his ministry trip to Italy. This picture is of the baptistry in which Ambrose baptised Augustine.

Everybody’s favorite Presbyterians, Lig Duncan and David Wayne, will be interested to know some facts about this baptistry.

Firstly, it’s BIG — surely only necessary if you are planning to baptise an adult [...]

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Shepherds Conference IV – Lig Duncan on the Book of Numbers

March 9, 2007

Tim is doing a sterling job as usual live-blogging for us. I am especially enjoying his little throw-away comments that really give you a feel for what the place is like. My big question? How much “physical expression” is there in the worship times, Tim?
Anyway, here’s a quote that stood out to me from [...]

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T4G – My Response to Lig Duncan’s Talk

May 10, 2006

Well, despite all my posts on the Together for the Gospel Conference, this is actually only my second post written as a response to a specific talk. Lig Duncan’s was the second talk I chose to listen to since downloading the talks as MP3s. I have already collected a few quotes from this talk in [...]

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Ligon Duncan – "calvinists make better evangelists"

March 1, 2006

Over at Together for the Gospel Lig Duncan has a great post that will enrage the hearts of any Arminian readers I have left. He lists multiple reasons why he feels Reformed preachers are better evangelists!

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