On Baptism
[Edited May 2024] For 12 years I enthusiastically subscribed to the Westminster standards. I signed my copy of the Solemn League and Covenant , I taught my children the catechisms, and I prayed earnestly that they would grow up to subscribe in full to the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF). For much of that time I was convinced that given enough time I could persuade any Baptist of the error of his ways. I even went so far as to tell some Baptists brothers that withholding baptism from their children was sinful. I grieved when Presbyterians became Baptist; and if you had told me of a man who had gone from being a Baptist to a Presbyterian only to become Baptist again I would have felt embarrassment for him. Sounds more like a ship “tossed to and fro” (Ephesians 4:14) than a man. But here I am writing to say that I am that man. Even four months ago I was certain I would always be Presbyterian. But after a period of prayer and intense s...