A while back I was sent a copy of “Why Baptize Babies: An Explanation of the Theology and Practice of the Reformed Churches” by Mark Horne. It’s more of a pamphlet than a full-sized book but it does a pretty good job of explaining the reasoning behind the practice of infant Baptism in Protestant circles.
I’ll give an outline of the main points and then in a separate post I’ll share some thoughts I had about the content of the book.
The book opens by asserting that it will answer the question “How is it that Reformed Christians both believe the Bible and practice paedobaptism?”
The forward graciously acknowledges that Baptists have done much good and that even if there is a disagreement about mode and method of baptism that we remain brothers and sisters in Christ. This does engender a certain reciprocity of goodwill towards the remainder of the contents from readers like myself who have a Baptist background.
The main points then seem to be as follows: