TexanRose
Puritan Board Sophomore
I was a credo-baptist and am now a paedo-baptist. I started studying the issue last year when I was thinking about joining a Reformed church, and knew that I would be expected to have my two boys baptized. The problem I used to run into was that different people defined the covenants differently--one person might mean one thing by "covenant of grace" and another person might mean something completely different. Very confusing. And when you study paedo-baptism, you encounter a lot of errors, like baptismal regeneration, presumptive regeneration, etc. which obviously don't help the paedobaptist case at all.
The one book that made all the lightbulbs go on for me was a little booklet by Peter Bloomfield entitled Covenant Baptism. I had been reading and studying the issue for months and felt myself getting farther and farther away from paedobaptism--until I read this booklet, and all the pieces came together; it was really a profound, paradigm-shifting experience for me. And like everyone who's switched to paedo-baptism says, it's all about the covenants. Though I didn't understand that until after I'd made the switch.
I can't recommend this one highly enough--and it's only $3.
The one book that made all the lightbulbs go on for me was a little booklet by Peter Bloomfield entitled Covenant Baptism. I had been reading and studying the issue for months and felt myself getting farther and farther away from paedobaptism--until I read this booklet, and all the pieces came together; it was really a profound, paradigm-shifting experience for me. And like everyone who's switched to paedo-baptism says, it's all about the covenants. Though I didn't understand that until after I'd made the switch.
I can't recommend this one highly enough--and it's only $3.