Calvinist Flyswatter

Mark Dever and Children's Baptism Revisited

On an older thread regarding Mark Dever and his reluctance to baptize children, a recent (April 19, 2008) post from an Anonymous commenter said:

"Baptists never baptized anyone under the age of 18 prior to 1900's. Also, Baptists outside of America do not baptize anyone under the age of 18. ."

My response to him:

Anonymous, Hello!

Yes, Mark Dever is a true blue Baptist, isn't he? So
much so that he recommended Presbyterian churches on his web site!

Regarding your April 19, 2008 comment, you wrote, "Baptists outside of America do not baptize anyone under the age of 18." Then you say that I am ignorant of Baptist history.

I will answer with a quote from Spurgeon:

Let us be willing to receive them to baptism, and to the Lord’s-table, and when they are received, instead of thinking of them as though they were less valuable than other members, let us count them to be the very pride of the flock.

Charles

For more on Mark Dever and his strange theology and polity, see:

Mark Dever vs. the SBC and Charles H. Spurgeon,

Why Did Mark Dever Lose at the Southern Baptist Convention? ,

Mark Dever For "Regulative Principle?",

Children: Mark Dever vs. Charles Spurgeon ,

Children: Mark Dever vs. Charles Spurgeon, part 2 ,

Children: Mark Dever vs. Charles Spurgeon, part 3 , and

New Book On Baptism By Mark Dever and Southern Seminary Professors .

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posted by Charles @ 5:36 PM