The Most Common Baptist Question
Crossett defends the Reformed practice of infant baptism (paedobaptism) against Baptist objections by drawing parallels between Old Testament typological baptisms (the Red Sea crossing and the flood) and New Testament baptism, arguing that infants were present in these Old Testament events. The article systematically addresses common Baptist arguments against infant baptism, including disputes over immersion versus sprinkling and the necessity of conscious faith.
Brian Crossett What is the most common question a baptist asks of paedobaptists (those who believe that the children of believers ought to be baptized)? Probably, “Show me anywhere in the New Testament where an infant is baptized.” The answer is I Corinthians 10:1-2: “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should not be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea.” But the baptist...