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    It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism
    It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism
    It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism
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    It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism

    Written by Scot McKnight and Tom Parks

    Narrated by Tom Parks

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    The issue of baptism has troubled Protestants for centuries. Should infants be baptized before their faith is conscious, or does God command the baptism of babies whose parents have been baptized? Popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight makes a biblical case for infant baptism, exploring its history, meaning, and practice and showing that infant baptism is the most historic Christian way of forming children into the faith. He explains that the church's practice of infant baptism developed straight from the Bible and argues that it must begin with the family and then extend to the church. Baptism is not just an individual profession of faith: it takes a family and a church community to nurture a child into faith over time. McKnight explains infant baptism for readers coming from a tradition that baptizes adults only, and he counters criticisms that fail to consider the role of families in the formation of faith. The book includes a foreword by Todd Hunter and an afterword by Gerald McDermott.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateAug 21, 2018
    ISBN9781545903629
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    Scot McKnight

    Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is Julius R. Mantey Chair of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He is the author of many books, including Reading Romans Backwards, Pastor Paul, The King Jesus Gospel, and commentaries on James, Galatians, and 1 Peter.

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    • 5/5
      One of ye best introductions to the Anglican view of baptism I've come across. A great recourse!
    • 5/5
      McKnight skillfully demonstrates the place of infant baptism as being crucial and proper within the great scriptural tradition of the Christian Church.

      The one area in which he could have improved his argument would have been to emphasize more of the participatory Theosis element and timelessness of Baptism.