Infant Baptism And The Covenant Of Grace

Author : Paul King Jewett
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802817130

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Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace by Paul King Jewett Pdf

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Paul Jewett, author of the creative and highly provocative book Man As Male and Female, here turns his critical attention to the practice of infant baptism. Jewett does not accept the traditional "covenant" argument for baptizing infants, and this book explains why he believes this argument fails. Infant baptism is not a subject which can be isolated. For, as Jewett would have his readers understand, one's view on this issue is integrally related to one's view of the sacraments in general and thereby to the whole doctrine of the church and salvation. Thus it is understandable that what appears to be a minor theological question has had such divisive effects on the church. A discussion of the historical source of infant baptism begins Jewett's critique and introduces such issues as the distinction between infants and children, the silence of certain early church fathers on the subject, infant communion, and catechetical instruction. The second and major portion of this book examines the theological issue, focusing specifically on the covenant argument, which suggests that baptism replaces circumcision as the sign of the covenant and thereby is given to infants. This argument, Jewett claims, fails to take into account the historical character of revelation, and contains certain contradictions. Jewett concludes with a creative defense of believer baptism, one which is theologically responsible and which recognizes the profound truths of covenant theology.

Author : Paul King Jewett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Infant baptism
ISBN : OCLC:1280768012

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Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace by Paul King Jewett Pdf

Author : Thomas R. Schreiner,Shawn Wright,E. Ray Clendenen
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433669057

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Believer's Baptism by Thomas R. Schreiner,Shawn Wright,E. Ray Clendenen Pdf

Is believer’s baptism the clear teaching of the New Testament Scriptures? What are the historical and theological challenges to believer’s baptism? What are the practical applications for believer’s baptism today? Volume two in the NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY STUDIES IN BIBLE & THEOLOGY (NACSBT) series for pastors, advanced Bible students, and other deeply committed laypersons addresses these compelling questions. Indeed, Believer’s Baptism begins with the belief that believer’s baptism (as opposed to infant baptism or other faith proclaiming methods) is the clear teaching of the New Testament. Along the way, the argument is supported by written contributions from Andreas Kostenberger, Robert Stein, Thomas Schreiner, Stephen Wellum, Steve McKinion, Jonathan Rainbow, Shawn Wright, and Mark Dever. Users will find this an excellent extension of the long-respected NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY.

Author : Pierre Charles Marcel
Publisher : James Clarke Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Music
ISBN : UVA:X001497454

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The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism by Pierre Charles Marcel Pdf

The authoritative treatment of the doctrine of baptism within the broad context of the theology of justification and grace, yet without losing sight of the essential Biblical background.

Author : Michael Harrison,C. Matthew McMahon
Publisher : Puritan Publications
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781626631809

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Infant Baptism God's Ordinance by Michael Harrison,C. Matthew McMahon Pdf

Is this just another book on infant baptism? No. It is possibly the best succinct, yet comprehensive work on the subject ever written by a puritan. It was originally a longer series of sermons that Harrison preached to his congregation, many of whom were Baptist at the time. At their request, he placed his thoughts into a concise treatise that covers all the main points needful in understanding the biblical position of infant inclusion in the Covenant of Grace, and infant baptism. Harrison’s work is so acute in its biblical presentation of the truth of Scripture that the reader cannot be but left in awe of his masterful exactitude to God’s mind on the issue of infant inclusion in the Covenant of Grace, and the application of the sign of the covenant to every visible member in the church. He gives the reader an introductory lesson on the Covenant of Grace and those parties involved by way of its membership, and then proceeds to teach the reader why infants are to be baptized. Harrison deals hermeneutically with 9 biblical arguments on the issue; two of which are his most important foundational chapters setting the stage for the rest of the book. He also shows the danger of shutting infants out of the kingdom of heaven, and answers all the main objections to Antipaedobaptist theology on the issue. He ends the work with a chapter on the right mode in which baptism should take place, along with a chapter on applying the truths of the study to the life of the members of the covenant community. Without sounding clichéd, this work is among the top works ever written on the subject, and in my estimation is irrefutable. The unbiased reader will have no issues with Harrison’s biblical exposition and logic driven inference. It is a powerhouse puritan work that every Paedobaptist ought to read for support, and every Antipaedobaptist ought to read to untangle their dispensational theology. Harrison says that Antipaedobaptism is “to be justly abhorred as false doctrine,” and proves this to the reader beyond a reasonable doubt. This is not a scan or facsimile, has been updated in modern English for easy reading and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781885767240

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To a Thousand Generations by Douglas Wilson Pdf

In arguing for biblical infant baptism, it is not sufficient for us to say that infant baptism is merely consistent with the Scriptures, or that a biblical case can be made for it. In order for us to be satisfied that we are being biblical Christians, we must be content with nothing less than a clear biblical case requiring infant baptism. In a doctrinal matter of this importance, the standards of evidence are high.

Author : Thomas Blake
Publisher : Puritan Publications
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781938721984

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Covenant Holiness and Infant Baptism by Thomas Blake Pdf

This work by Blake is a second treatment on covenant theology that was widely circulated during his time outside of his magnum opus work “The Covenant of God.” This book is a combination of two treatises he wrote, one concerning the covenant holiness of infants under the ordinance of baptism, and a second treatise covering answers to questions surrounding whether there is sufficient ground in scripture to warrant the conscience of a Christian to present his infants to the sacrament of baptism. Both are excellent Scriptural treatments of the subject, with exegesis surrounding passages such as Galatians 2:15, Genesis 17, 1 Corinthians 7, and Ephesians 4:1-3. This is not a scan or facsimile, has been updated in modern English for easy reading and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.

Author : Scot McKnight
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493414635

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It Takes a Church to Baptize by Scot McKnight Pdf

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.

Author : Samuel Petto
Publisher : Puritan Publications
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781626630048

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Infant Baptism of Christ’s Appointment by Samuel Petto Pdf

This work by Samuel Petto is a theological study on baptism demonstrating that infant baptism is of Christ’s appointment. Petto shows the proof of infant baptism which stems from two arguments: the formula that Christ gave to baptize, and that infants are visibly in the Covenant. He gives solid biblical answers against a variety of objections, as well as demonstrating the validity of infant baptism from the biblical Reformed perspective. Then, he also defends his work against arguments given by a Baptist advocate in his day. He explains the biblical concepts of the Covenant of Grace, the infants’ right to the covenant and how objections against these two ideas is biblically unattainable. This is a masterful biblical and exegetical work from a renown covenant theologian. This is not a scan or facsimile, has been updated in modern English for easy reading and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.

Author : Steve Wellum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1940009898

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Baptism and the Relationship Between the Covenants CHS by Steve Wellum Pdf

Author : Oscar Cullmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334000688

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Baptism in the New Testament by Oscar Cullmann Pdf

Originally published in 1950 as the first title in the series Studies in Biblical Theology, Baptism in the New Testament was welcomed as, and has continued ever since to be an invaluable contribution to the debate set afoot by Barth in his booklet, The Teaching of the Church Concerning Baptism. `Here the reader can study the fresh, stimulating and constructive researches of one of the great Biblical scholars of Europe into the burning question of the origins of baptism. Dr Cullmann is an ardent protagonist of infant baptism, which is the subject of intense debate at the moment. He rightly deplores Barth's attempts to discredit the practice. On the basis of the kinship between circumcision and baptism on the one hand, and between the proselyte bath of the Jews and baptism on the other, he makes a forceful plea for the spiritual reality and legitimacy of baptizing infants. This is an essay which is packed with profound scriptural analysis; its relevance to current discussion in the Church of England is obvious' (Church Times). 'Of the merits of this essay there is little need to speak. The author is a well-known expert in matters relating to the origins of Christianity, and he has also a fine apprehension of the theological issues involved. He treats his subject under the four heads : the foundation of baptism in the work of Christ; baptism as acceptance into the body of Christ; baptism and faith; and baptism and circumcision ... Not everyone will agree entirely with the author's account of what takes place in baptism, but there can be no doubt that he is right in his general stress upon the objective character of this sacrament. We are indebted to him also for useful discussions of various texts and passages of the New Testament. It will be a surprise to some that there is even less New Testament evidence for the adult baptism of the children of believing Christians than there is for their baptism as infants. The linking of baptism with circumcision is very ably done, and in an appendix on an early baptismal formula the genuineness of Acts 8.37 is defended and the relevance of Christ's blessing of the children displayed' (The Life of Faith).

Author : Pierre Charles Marcel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Infant baptism
ISBN : LCCN:a56003267

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The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism by Pierre Charles Marcel Pdf

Author : Gregg Strawbridge
Publisher : P & R Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0875525547

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The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism by Gregg Strawbridge Pdf

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

Author : Saint Augustine
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813211350

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Against Julian (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 35) by Saint Augustine Pdf

In Against Julian Augustine stresses in the first two books the traditional teachings of the Church found in the Fathers and contrasts their teaching with the rationalism of the Pelagians

Author : Bryan Chapell
Publisher : Basics of the Reformed Faith
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Baptism
ISBN : 1596380586

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Why Do We Baptize Infants? by Bryan Chapell Pdf

"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."