An Addendum on Baptism

A couple weeks ago, I preached on the doctrine of baptism, but I intentionally skirted the issue of the proper recipients of baptism. I touched on the baptism of infants briefly, but there’s simply not enough time in one sermon on baptize to make an entire case. I’ve spoken with many of you about it individually, and if you were present at worship last week, you heard me give a brief explanation as we baptized an infant. But I wanted to give you something more to consider.

First, here’s a video from Sola Media (an organization I heartily commend) on the topic.

If you want something more, a good book to start with is Danny Hyde’s Jesus Loves the Little Children. This is an issue that quite a lot has been written about, and you can find any number of books and resources that address the issue going back hundreds of years. But I think this is a great place to start. Hyde’s book is only about a hundred pages, and it’s very good if you’re coming from a Baptist perspective.

Updates

1. Presbyterian Women meets Thursday, August 14th, at 6:30 PM.

2. Choir and prayer meeting are back in full swing on Wednesdays at 5:30 and 6:30.

3. This week, I’m preaching our final sermon in the book of Galatians. Our next sermon series will be on the prophet Zechariah. It can be a pretty opaque book if you’ve never studied it before, but it’s also a very Christ-centered book when you get into it. Hopefully, as we work through it you’ll come to appreciate that, but I would recommend giving it a read over the next couple of weeks in preparation to hear it preached.

Your friend in Christ,
Reid