Pulpit Magazine

(By Matt Waymeyer)
The position of infant baptism can be summarized most concisely in just five words: baptism is what circumcision was. In other words, baptism has the same meaning and the same function in the New Testament Church as circumcision did in Old Testament Israel. According to paedobaptist Pierre Marcel:
The New Testament establishes no essential […]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
Perhaps the most common argument for infant baptism is found in the climax of the apostle Peter’s sermon at Pentecost in Acts 2. Peter has just set forth the redemptive work of Jesus (vv. 22–35) and proclaimed that He is both Lord and Christ (v. 36), and his Jewish listeners are cut to […]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
The absence of a direct command to baptize babies would be easier to overlook if the Bible contained clear evidence that the New Testament church practiced infant baptism. After all, what we do not find mandated in Scripture, we sometimes find modeled there. In an effort to support their view, many paedobaptists point […]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
Editor’s Note: The following is from the introduction of the newly released A Biblical Critique of Infant Baptism by Matt Waymeyer (The Woodlands, Tex: Kress Christian Publications, 2008), which can be purchased either through Amazon or KCP.
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The birth of a baby brings indescribable joy and excitement, as well as […]

(By John MacArthur)
I have in my library a book by the spiritual father of a quasi-Christian cult. It argues that structured doctrine and systematized theology are contrary to the spirit of Jesus’ ministry.
The idea that Christ is anti-doctrine is a foundational belief of that cult. But no idea is further from the truth. The word […]