In this lecture, Mark Dever explains John Bunyan's view of why credo baptists and paedo baptists could be members of the same church, and argues why such a view is wrong. While I disagree with Mr. Dever's arguments, it was interesting to hear exactly where consistent Baptist sacramentology and radical Congregationalist ecclesiology (democracy in the church) leads:
SermonAudio.com - John Bunyan: Puritan Baptist
I recommend that people on both sides of the baptism debate listen to this lecture, and soberly think about where the logic of their position is leading them.
He did make one point about Presbyterians arguing that Baptists are trying to over-purify the church which I thought was valid, as he points out that we only admit professors to the Lord's Table. Yet, it could be argued that we do this because someone has to understand what they are doing in actively partaking of the Lord's Supper, and so they are not admitted on any presumption of regeneration.
