A few years ago I discovered the 17th century Particular Baptists, Reformed theology, and especially the 2nd London Baptist Confession. There’s such a wealth of Particular Baptist theological work out there, and a bit of a revival of interest in Baptist confessionalism as a whole. And for those who want to embrace the Baptist confessional tradition, we have our 2LCF and Keach’s Catechism (although the relationship between Keach and the catechism is a bit contested) as Baptist adaptations and revisions of the Westminster Confession and the Westminster Shorter Catechism — but there’s a conspicuous lack of Baptist Larger Catechism.
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The other day I was sitting on my armchair with my baby son sleeping in my arms. The other kids were at school, and my wife was having a quick nap.
What did I do? I propped open my Bible on a cushion, and spent some time reading and praying.
I’m not bragging about my holy habits. I’m only writing this because that’s such a rare occurrence — me, grabbing a quick opportunity to pray, whatever else is going on.
Why is it so rare? Because over the past 15 years of being a Christian, I’ve developed a lot of little preferences about how I like to pray, and without my realising it, they became obstacles to prayer.
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Here’s a thought experiment: if someone offered you £1,000,000 on the condition that you never read the Bible ever again — would you take it?
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