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Originally Posted by elnwood I've heard that argument before. I think it is somewhat short-sighted. What seems to follow is that paedobaptism, when practiced, is all about God, but when credobaptism is practiced, it is not all about God.
Of course, paedobaptists practice both paedobaptism and credobaptism, so does that mean when they administer it to a professing believer, God doesn't get all the glory? I think God gets all the glory in credobaptism as well.
I'm surprised that he didn't include John Murray's Christian Baptism. | The point is, most Baptists believe that the baptism is something that the recipient is saying to the world/the Church/God, not something that God is saying to the recipient/the Church/the world. | Unfortunately, 'most' baptists have no idea what baptism means except maybe church membership. |
Having been in both settings, one thing that I have noticed is that Presbyterian churches tend to do a much better job during the baptismal service in explaining the significance of baptism to the congregation. Of course, Presbyterians have many more sermons and passages in Scripture by which they can explain these things to their churches - they use both Testaments
