A Plain and Scriptural View of Baptism

“Many know Daniel Baker as the pioneering evangelist of the nineteenth-century American frontier. But many do not know that Baker was also a careful theologian who labored to see the biblical doctrines of the Westminster Standards embraced within the Church. A Plain and Scriptural View of Baptism is a master class in explaining the Scripture’s teaching on baptism plainly, practically, and profoundly. Whether you are looking to learn more about what the Bible says about baptism or to find a resource to help you explain that teaching to others, this reprint merits a place on your shelf.”

“Daniel Baker, a native of Georgia, was a graduate of old Princeton Seminary. He was a fervent and effective evangelist and church planter. I think his writing on the practice of baptism is one of the clearest I have ever read from any point of view. He shows that as children were included in the covenant of grace in circumcision, so also they are included in the same covenant when baptism replaces circumcision (see Colossians 2:11). Following 1 Corinthians 7:14, he shows that the children of even one believing parent are counted as holy. Thus, they have the right to baptism.”

“Daniel Baker’s short but rich volume gives a comprehensive survey of the arguments for the baptism of the infants of believing parents and also against the common Baptist view that baptism must be by immersion only. I appreciated Baker’s emphasis on the covenant in his careful argumentation regarding the subjects of baptism, and I also appreciated his use of the phrase ‘household baptism’ (which is superior to ‘paedobaptism’). His overview of the observations of the church fathers is most welcome. And his thorough treatment of the mode of baptism is quite compelling. This is a welcome addition to the vast body of material on the correct understanding of the subjects and the mode of baptism.”