EPISODE · Apr 6, 2012

Baptism, Covenant, and Election

from Reformed Forum: Westminster Theological Seminary Faculty

Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. and Lane G. Tipton analyze arguments for credo-baptism and discuss Reformed views of covenant and election. Many Reformed Baptists will be quick to differentiate themselves from dispensationalists. They favor a covenantal hermeneutic that seeks to take into account the redemptive-historical features of Scripture. For this reason, many confessing credo-baptists argue that the Old Covenant administration has yielded several features to the New. For instance, many Reformed Baptists argue that circumcision, the Old Covenant sign of membership,... Read More