blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
I've only attended one or two paedobaptist churches, but while I was there it became apparent in the conversations with the people and the sermons from the pulpit how commonly 'covenant language" is used, whether it be blessings of being in covenant with God or praying for their covenant children.
Coming from a baptist background, this common-place language just jumps out at you. With a baptist mindset, talk about covenant children of course is most noticeable. Anyway, in thinking about this usage of 'covenant language' in paedo churches, it strikes me, in my experience anyway, how totally lacking any such 'covenant language' was in the baptist churches I've attended. Is it just because the baptist churches I attended were dispensational?
Coming from a baptist background, this common-place language just jumps out at you. With a baptist mindset, talk about covenant children of course is most noticeable. Anyway, in thinking about this usage of 'covenant language' in paedo churches, it strikes me, in my experience anyway, how totally lacking any such 'covenant language' was in the baptist churches I've attended. Is it just because the baptist churches I attended were dispensational?