Recommended Books for Studying

Infant Baptism

 

Candid reasons for renouncing the principles of anti-paedobaptism

– Pastor Peter Edwards

 

Peter Edwards was the pastor of a Baptist church for over 10 years. Then, after much study, he changed his mind, and realized that infant baptism is Biblical!   In 1795, Pastor Edwards wrote a book, affirming infant baptism. The book went through numerous reprints. As far as I know, it was last printed in 1841. It can be difficult to find the book now, since 165 years have passed since its last printing. Some old copies can be bought for high prices, but now you can read this book for free!   The entire book is now available here online.  – 225 pages

 

A Simple Overview of Covenant Theology

– Dr. C. Matthew McMahon

 

“God is a covenant God who saves His people through covenants. The three main theological covenants of the Bible are the Covenant of Redemption, the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace. These are theological terms that are packed with biblical information dealing with the way God saves sinners. When someone asks, ‘How does God save people?’ the answer lies within the framework of Covenant Theology. So, it is the intention of this work to unpack those terms and make the information in them accessible to the reader in a clear, accurate and biblically helpful manner.” – 123 pgs

 

 

To a Thousand Generations

– Douglas Wilson

 

“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.” – 123 pages

 

 

 

 

 

The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism

– Pierre Charles-Marcel

“The author treats the complex subject of baptism within the broad context of the theology of justification and of grace, yet is careful not to lose sight of the Biblical evidence. It is only when he has shown, after a careful study of both Old and New Testaments, the position of a child within the Covenant of Grace that he turns his attention to the specific subject of baptism. – Marcel’s vindication of the doctrine of infant baptism is the more impressive because it does not rely upon archaeological or patristic evidence about the practice of the early Church – convincing as that evidence may be – but on the evidence of Scripture.” – 260 pages

 

The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism

– Gregg Strawbridge (ed.)

 

"The place of children in the church is something of an enigma among Christians. Are the children of believers part of the covenant community, with privileges and responsibilities that accompany that status? Or are they simply unbelievers, like children in the non-Christian world? What promise does God give believing parents and their children?. . .These are some of the questions involved in whether to baptize infant children of believers. In this volume sixteen contributors, including Bryan Chapell, Daniel Doriani, Richard Pratt, and Cornelis Venema, make a thorough case for covenantal infant baptism. They discuss partoral concerns, biblical interpretation, and confessional and historical support for paedobaptism, and they answer objections." – 330 pages