The Biblical Mode of Baptism
Rev. Harbach argues that Scripture clearly teaches immersion as the biblical mode of baptism, demonstrating this through examination of biblical precedents and patterns. The pamphlet addresses Reformed and Presbyterian readers who accept the doctrines of grace but question whether sprinkling or pouring constitute valid (though non-scriptural) alternatives to immersion, contending instead that the mode of baptism is neither indifferent nor indeterminate but clearly established in God's Word.
In one sense, there is no need to speak of Christian baptism, for there really never was any other kind. In this sense, the whole Bible is Christian. In another sense, “Christian baptism” is of necessity correct terminology, inasmuch as baptism is distinctively Christian. Nothing more beautifully illustrates the cleansing of God’s elect from all their sins through the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, than the sacrament of baptism with water. That is especially clear to anyone familiar with...