"covenant theology ..."
*walks away shaking head*

;~)

 

Indeed. I fail to find covenant theology in scripture.

 

Daniel, did you notice the kind of ads that are displayed on the "view results" page?

 

Daniel,

Would you be able to give me a short synopsis on the definition of convenant theology? I fail to understand what they mean here by this?

 

David - No, didn't look. EWW!

Thanks for the heads up... I will be removing the poll after posting (stupid ads)

Jim,

Covenant theology would take a long time to explain, and I would be perhaps the poorest person to explain it. ;-) I would suggest Wikipedia as a good place to start.

 

Daniel, I didn't notice at first, either. I went and set up a poll of my own, and that's when I noticed.

Anyway, this conflict of paedobaptism vs. paedocommunion was part of my journey out of Lutheranism. I thought it was odd that understanding was necessary for communion, but not baptism.

As for Covenant Theology, it's heresy, I say, damnable heresy! Not really, but that's what I get when I say "Dispensational."

 

I fail to not find covenant theology in Scripture--not that I was looking for it--but reading scripture I find it.

Of course definitions are useful, and so is context, I'm sure there are those who would call somehing covenant theology that I would not recognize as such.

As for Paedo communion, as scripture is clearer on communion than baptism, it is hard to make a case for it if you mean infant communion, but children?
Well that depends on the child, and their maturity & understanding.
I don't think it's biblical to have a cut off age. But a comprehensive interview with the elders would be good to establish what the child believes and understands. We would also need to define "Child"

Here's a good article on Covenant Theology-
http://www.modernreformation.org/sm00covenant.htm
There was another link for an Australian Presbyterian Church, but that site seems to be down.

But hey that doesn't mean I don't think any of you are not my brothers--I'll give you all the benefit of the doubt...

 

The Baptist Paul Jewett makes the argument in his book Infant Baptism & The Covenant of Grace that Reformed folks should accept Padeo-Communion based on their belief in Padeobaptism. It's an interesting argument, but not convincing enough. This issue has shown it's head in the Reformed community from time to time so there are responces out there to it such as http://www.fpcr.org/blue_banner_articles/meanye1.htm

As for what Covenant Theology is, I would agree with Daniel he's not the person to explain it :)

There is a lot of information on the net about it, a lot of it is fairly long however. I would suggest taking a look through http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/Covenant-theology.html

And of course, the Westminster Confession covers the subject in chapter VII.


Bryan
SDG

 

Thanks Daniel et al for the links and comments. Daniel, thanks also for the discernment in taking down that link, I must confess I didn't see the advertisement until David pointed it out.

God bless,

Jim

 

As for what Covenant Theology is, I would agree with Daniel he's not the person to explain it :)

Amen! If I decide to study covenant theology, Bryan has a whole library for me to read ;-)

 

It seems to me, a 'New Covenental Baptist', that the consistent paedo-baptists would not withhold communion from those who have been baptized. In communion Jesus himself says, "This is my blood of the covenant". So it seems that if baptism introduces you into the covenant community, then you are in and the sign of the covenant in communion should not be withheld.