Current Status of the Debate

As this particular paper stands the evidence is quite strong in favor of infant baptism being the Scriptural form. 

At first glance the New Testament would appear to teach believer's baptism.  The "believe and be baptized" passages seem quite clear.  However, closer examination of the Scriptures open up the possibility that baptism could well be the sign of the Abrahamic covenant.  Currently, that is the direction the evidence in the examination is pointing.

Is infant baptism in fact the Scriptural form?  Is this correct?

More input is needed from Baptists to further test this material to see if it can stand scrutiny. 

One of the best treatments of the baptism debate is the book, Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ co-edited by Dr. Thomas Schreiner and Dr. Shawn Wright.  Unlike many books on baptism, this one addresses covenant theology's position that infant baptism is Scriptural because it replaces circumcision as the sign of the Abrahamic covenant.  It is this person's assessment that the above book, as thorough as it is, still ultimately falls short of it's goal to disprove infant baptism.  See the papers offered below for more specifics on this.

There is a claim also that the Great Commission supports the practice of infant baptism and does not argue against it.  To look into this go to the Papers page as linked below.

Papers

At this time there are copies available of a paper on Believer's Baptism by Drs. Schreiner and Wright.  To download it go to Believer's Baptism Paper.

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