Why I Reject Infant Baptism (This Convinced Me)
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Gavin Ortlund explores whether the parallel between circumcision and baptism is overextended in Reformed theology.
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To go further illustrating the difference in application of OT and NT practices, in the NT, baptism was applied to the servants of the household whereas in the OT, circumcision was not. It was only applied to descendants of Abraham.