Once more into the waters

13 April 2020

Of all the inter-church controversies and debates the one I think bugs me the most is baptism. It’s also probably the one I know most about. Colours to the mast I am a very-convinced credo-baptist. I try to be humble about it but I’m sure I’m right. I’ve got dozens of books from both sides and every time the debate pops up in my blog feed, I bookmark those posts. I think I planned on doing a significant series of posts exploring it and I do hope to do that one day but for now I’ve decided to just lay out some of that reading out here on the blog.

This decision was sparked off by the chaps at Mere Fidelity who just recorded a podcast on the topic and I was in full agreement with Andrew Wilson and frustrated by Derek Rishmawy’s articulation.

Nearly all Christians baptise believing adults, the question always comes down to should not just children but infants be baptised too? I say no, never and thrice no. A conviction that 500 years ago would have seen me burned alive or drowned. Fortunately although the debate can be quite heated, it’s no longer that heated.

Here are some articles I’ve saved over a while now that are on both sides of this debate.