Uriesou Brito
@uribrito
Uriesou Brito is the Pastor of @ProvidenceCREC and PMOC of @crechurches. He writes for the Perspectivalist @ http://uribrito.com
Young men leave Protestantism because they are seeking the perfect church. They want a reality without mess; a life without the challenging task of wisdom. But what happens when, within a month of their newfound perfection, they realize that "perfection" was a superfluous…
Never forget that a dispensationalist set an example of bravery when some Reformed hid behind public pietism.
Why would someone like me, steeped in covenantal thinking, serving a denomination filled with paedobaptists, sacramental Calvinists, and postmillennialists, have such a deep appreciation for John MacArthur? It is because MacArthur accomplished what few men have achieved in…
Ultimately, conversations about baptism would be far less contentious if we rightly understood that infants can indeed have faith and, therefore, can truly believe in God. The modern tendency to intellectualize faith has turned belief into a human accomplishment, rather than…
The issue with households being baptized in Acts is not that paedobaptists can prove there were infants in these households (though odds are there were in at least some of those households). The point is that God is still dealing with and covenanting with households as such, as…
What a delight to spend time communing with a host of pastors and elders from CREC congregations in the Pacific Northwest. We discussed the challenges of ministry in our day and how best to press our cultural, theological, and liturgical vision of our denomination. These…
If our understanding of salvation makes it impossible for us to echo Peter’s “baptism now saves you” (1 Pet 3:21), we need to revise our understanding of salvation. If our doctrine of God pressures us to minimize or deny our koinonia with Jesus in bread and wine, we need to…
After a long travel day, I made it safely to Olympia, WA, where I’ll be spending a few days lecturing at Trinity Church. From sunrise in Pensacola to sunset over Mt. Rainier, the journey was long, but the welcome was sweet, and the 60-degree weather was a refreshing grace. I’m…
Anyone who believes a black, brown, and white men should not serve on a Session, Presbytery, or Assembly together is rebuilding the walls of partition, undoing what Christ accomplished with his own body and blood. They should repent and turn to the God who in Jesus Christ united…