A Liberty Student Finds Anglicanism

Posted on February 27, 2023
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I reached a spiritual breaking point when I started college at Liberty University. Everyone seemed to be talking directly to Yahweh except for me, yet I couldnโ€™t shake this feeling that something was off and that we were chasing not Christ, but a feeling, and that I was doing the same. Son of a Baptist…

Why Do We Baptize Babies If They Cannot Make a Profession of Faith?

Posted on January 2, 2020
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Many people coming to Anglicanism stumble over infant baptism. They come for the beauty of the liturgy, the appreciation of both Word and Sacrament, of Scripture and Tradition. But for many, whether Baptist or not, infant baptism is a hang-up. There are many good reasons for such worries and many good answersโ€”including on this site…

Why You Should Read Scot McKnight’s New Book about Infant Baptism

Posted on September 10, 2018
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I was baptized as a (very slightly) older child when I was 6 years old. I was baptized because I had decided to follow Jesus and โ€œaccept him into my heart,โ€ as I said at the time. For the next 17 years, I was confident that only professing believers should be baptized. I no longer…

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Getting Over the Hurdle of Infant Baptism: An Atonement Argument

Posted on October 26, 2017
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Like many current Anglicans, I grew up as a Baptist, a Southern Baptist in fact. I even went to a Baptist college on the campus of a Southern Baptist seminary and got an excellent foundational education in the Scriptures and Great Books. When I married an Anglican, we started attending Baptist churches but never found…

Infant Baptism: Why do Anglicans Baptize Babies?

Posted on March 6, 2013
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Why baptize infants? The Anglican theme verse for children would have to be โ€œLet the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.โ€ Starting very early in the life of the Christian Church, Christian children were seen as members of the covenant community of faith….