{"product_id":"baptism-three-views-9780830838561","title":"Baptism: Three Views","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christian church confesses \"one baptism.\"\u003c\/b\u003e But the church's answers to how, whom and when to baptize, and even what it means or does, are famously varied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Spectrum Multiview volume provides a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers' baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs with any good conversation on a controversial topic, this book raises critical issues, challenges preconceptions and discloses the soft points in each view. Evangelicals who wish to understand better their own church's practice or that of their neighbor, or who perhaps are uncertain of their own views, will value this incisive book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid F. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (1937-2008) was professor of patristic and Reformation Christianity at New College, University of Edinburgh. Among his many published studies on historical and theological topics are several on baptism, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Has Infant Baptism Done to Baptism? An Enquiry at the End of Christendom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinclair B. Ferguson is senior minister at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina, and serves as professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary in Dallas, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Lane (DD, University of Oxford) is professor of historical theology at the London School of Theology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Concise History of Christian Thought\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJustification by Faith in Catholic-Protestant Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e. A world-class Calvin scholar, he abridged the Institutes into a popular student edition and also edited the translation of Calvin's \u003ci\u003eBondage and Liberation of the Will\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514586894610,"sku":"9780830838561","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8753567-cff6-4b14-bd32-b847c45ef3ce.jpg?v=1730988339","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/baptism-three-views-9780830838561","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}