Jeremy Walker on REFORMED BAPTISTS

[rbcbob]

My friend Jeremy Walker has posted this at Reformation 21. He attempts to explain these folks called Reformed Baptists.


Reformed and Baptist: the third wave - Reformation21 Blog

 

[MightyManfred]

We have prospective members of our church first participate in a 10 weeks long class examining the 1689 LBC via Sam Waldron's exposition thereof. New class started yesterday, with an overview of why the church needs creeds and confessions and what the background is of the reformed Baptists - via the 1644 LBC as declaring "us" to NOT being anabaptists. It is very helpful to those who are new to the reformed theology and the history of Baptists in general. The article you linked to closely parallels the opneing view of our class.

 

[Andrew P.C.]

Well, baptism isn't part of the discussion; however, I'd like to quote from Jeremy. After he quotes Benjamin Keach:

I look upon Infant-Baptism to be one of the chief Pillars of the Romish Church... in the Anti-christian Church, and World, all are made Christian in their Infant-Baptism: And thus the inhabitants of the Earth are cheated, and deluded with a Shadow and empty Name that signifies nothing.... 'Tis Infant-Baptism that tends to uphold all National Churches, and deceives poor People who think there were hereby made Christians....

He then states this:

To those who follow these men, in terms of pursuing and applying the Biblical principles that have led and do lead to the reformation of the church, the Reformed or Particular Baptist activity of the seventeenth century was a further step in the right direction, and is an essentially healthy heritage.

I'd say this is typical in my discussions with "reformed" baptists. They call infant baptism either "Romish" or say we didn't "reform" enough, and then talk about their heritage being right without really understanding the theology of reformed infant baptism.