My friend Ben Wright very graciously sent me a packet of helpful information on Baptism they use at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, where he is a member. The packet contained recordings of two messages delivered by their pastor, Mark Dever, back in April of 2002. You may listen to these messages here:
I would be curious to read your thoughts after you listen. Dever presents a strong Baptist view, but also presents some practices of Baptism (particularly with children) that are not common in Baptist churches today.
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31 March 2008 at 10:08 am
I suspect this post is tied to the discussion at SI. I think it’s helpful. Here are my thoughts:
Informative. I enjoyed his personality in the pulpit (I have never heard him preach).
I loved his line in part one responding to the danger of the baptist view of baptism: Baptists could only be so pernicious as to introduce a twelfth line of “Just As I Am” and manipulate one down the aisle.
Also in part one, his “defense” of the views of the Reformers was intriguing.
Part two has caused me to rethink my motives in seeing my children baptized. While I won’t set a minimum age, I will be cautious in how I teach.
Overall, a worthwhile use of two hours.
31 March 2008 at 10:30 am
Actually, Matt, some of this goes all the way back to when I heard Dever speak back in ‘06 and he touched on this matter (among others). It is also stimulated by conversation with a couple who has been visiting our church who have background in the CRC, PCA, and some Lutheran.
Like you, I have considered my children’s baptisms in a different light.
Others?
31 March 2008 at 4:18 pm
Well, regardless of whether we all agree on the precise circumstances that would lead us to baptize a child or teenager, I hope we can all agree that the evangelistic methodology that has filled Baptist churches across America with nominal believers is probably the worst of all available options. Or perhaps I should clarify–the evangelistic methodology that has filled Baptist church rolls and left pews increasingly empty.
16 April 2008 at 4:08 pm
Honestly, I couldn’t get past the book salespitch at the beginning of part one.