Aug
25
Nota bene: wisdom for Christian parents
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Matt and Elizabeth Schmucker have posted 39 lessons, 20 tips and 10 don’t for parenting at the 9marks site. It’s an excellent collection of biblical wisdom for Christian parents, even if #32 reflects a baptist view of Baptism.
May
4
Of such is the kingdom of heaven
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What a lovely photo, taken 15 April when Emma Grace Johnson, daughter of Michael and Jan Johnson, was baptized into the most holy name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! She was that happy even as the waters poured over her head. Why do we baptize the infant children of believers? Is it a vestige of mediaeval Roman Catholic practice that we Presbyterians never could shake? Below are links to three excellent articles from our friends at Third Millenium Ministries that address the issue of infant baptism.
- Infant Baptism: How My Mind Has Changed by Dr. Dennis E. Johnson (a letter to his college-age daughter who is interacting for the first time with fellow saints who deny that infant baptism is biblically sanctioned).
- A Conversation Concerning Infant Baptism by Jeff Rojan (an imaginary, but very real, conversation between a paedo-baptist and a credo-baptist).
- Jeremiah 31: Infant Baptism in the New Covenant by Dr. Richard Pratt (an exegetical study of the New Covenant prophecy in Jeremiah 31, which many credo-baptists use as a basis for rejecting infant baptism).
