Why Do We Baptize Infants?

Why Do We Baptize Infants?
Author: Bryan Chapell
Publisher: Basics of the Reformed Faith
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Baptism
ISBN: 9781596380585

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"My goal in this little book is pastorally to explain the scriptural foundation for infant baptism. To do this, I will first present the biblical support for infant baptism as I have presented it in new members' and church officer training classes over the past twenty-five years. Then I will conclude by offering words of explanation that I have often used as a pastor during the administration of the ordinance. My goals are to help explain why we should baptize the infants of believing parents and also to help pastors better to know how to administer the sacrament in ways that are meaningful and helpful for their churches. Thus, I plan to present this material in terms that are accessible to laypersons and to leave technical discussions to able scholars in other books."

Why Baptize Babies?

Why Baptize Babies?
Author: Mark Horne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781957726038

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In this book, Mark Horne provides brief but thorough answers to questions about infant baptism. If you are looking for a quick introduction to the Reformed view of baptism and covenant membership, here is the place to start.

Outlines of Theology

Outlines of Theology
Author: Archibald Alexander Hodge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1866
Genre: Presbyterian Church
ISBN:

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The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism

The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism
Author: Gregg Strawbridge
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780875525549

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contents1. A Pastoral Overview of Infant Baptism2. Matthew 28: 18-20 and the Institution of Baptism3. Unto You and Your Children4. The Oikos Formula5. Baptism and Circumcision as Signs and Seals6. The Mode of Baptism7. The Newness of the New Covenant8. Infant Baptism in the New Covenant9. Covenant Transition10. Covenant Theology and Baptism11. Infant Baptism in the Reformed Confessions12. Infant Baptism in History: An Unfinished Tragi-Comedy13. The Polemics of Anabaptism: Antipaedobaptism from the Reformation Period Onward14. Baptism and Children: Their Place in the Old and New Testaments15. In Jesus' Name, Amen

It Takes a Church to Baptize

It Takes a Church to Baptize
Author: Scot McKnight
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493414631

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The issue of baptism has troubled Protestants for centuries. Should infants be baptized before their faith is conscious, or does God command the baptism of babies whose parents have been baptized? Popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight makes a biblical case for infant baptism, exploring its history, meaning, and practice and showing that infant baptism is the most historic Christian way of forming children into the faith. He explains that the church's practice of infant baptism developed straight from the Bible and argues that it must begin with the family and then extend to the church. Baptism is not just an individual profession of faith: it takes a family and a church community to nurture a child into faith over time. McKnight explains infant baptism for readers coming from a tradition that baptizes adults only, and he counters criticisms that fail to consider the role of families in the formation of faith. The book includes a foreword by Todd Hunter and an afterword by Gerald McDermott.

Baptism

Baptism
Author: David F. Wright
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2009-11-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830878192

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The Christian church confesses "one baptism." But the church's answers to how, whom and when to baptize, and even what it means or does, are famously varied. This book provides a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers' baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice. As with any good conversation on a controversial topic, this book raises critical issues, challenges preconceptions and discloses the soft points in each view. Evangelicals who wish to understand better their own church's practice or that of their neighbor, or who perhaps are uncertain of their own views, will value this incisive book.

Infant Baptism

Infant Baptism
Author: John P. Sartelle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1985-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780875524290

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How My Mind Has Changed

How My Mind Has Changed
Author: David Heim
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1621894932

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In this book, which continues a renowned series of essays published in the Christian Century, thirteen prominent Christian theologians speak--in unusually personal voices--of their journeys of faith and of the questions that have shaped their writing and scholarship. Reflecting a variety of theological positions and approaches, these essays feature decisive encounters with prayer, scriptural tradition, struggles for justice, and religious and cultural diversity. Some of these "changes of mind" include a change in denominational allegiance, others reflect a shift in method or emphasis prompted by experiences inside or outside the church. Some of the essays display a long-term theological project that unfolds or deepens in changing circumstances. All display the renewed vitality of theology in the postmodern context. Contributors include Paul Griffiths, Sarah Coakley, Mark Noll, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Carol Zaleski, Kathryn Tanner, Scott Cairns, Robert Jenson, Emilie Townes, Peter Ochs, David Ford, Douglas John Hall, and Max Stackhouse.

Did the Early Church Baptize Infants?

Did the Early Church Baptize Infants?
Author: Kurt Aland
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2004-02-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1592445411

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Though Joachim Jeremias' 'Infant Baptism in the First Four Centuries' was originally published in 1938, an English translation did not appear until 1960 (based on the revised German edition of 1958). In 1961, Kurt Aland published his response to Jeremias' assertions. This English translation of 'Die Sauglingstaufe im Neuen Testament und in der alten Kirche' originally appeared in 1963. In this point by point refutation of Jeremias' main contentions, Aland insists that there is no direct evidence of infant baptism prior to the third century.