Please indeed take your time reading through all them. I was a Baptist for over 20 years until the proverbial light turned on for me. My change in belief came over a period of time, both with arguments here on The Highway and some other reading. Of course, my eschatology changed to A-Mil first and then a proper (should say, a more proper) understanding of Covenant Theology finally made its appearance, which then ministered a proper hermeneutic. John Murray's book Christian Baptism (Presbyterian & Reformed: 1980) is also a "short" excellent study on the topic (1) biblically grounded with word studies, et. al., and (2) very fair to both sides of the issue. Here are a few quotes:
    (1) Baptizo and its cognates can but do not often mean "immerse." Rather, their are many instances where it cannot. Hebrews 9 uses "baptisms" for the ceremonial washings of the OT, which were either by pouring or sprinkling.

    (2) The heart of the Baptist position, Rom. 6, does not show that immersion is the correct mode of baptism, since (a) Christ was not buried the way we commonly think (He was simply put in a tomb, not put 6 feet under), and (b) Rom. 6 also connects "baptism" to the crucifixion of Christ as well. "Baptism" in this passage is best understood the same way it should be in 1 Cor. 10 ("baptized into Moses"), as "identification with."[/LIST] Here also are some links to very short articles by Murray on the topic Is Infant Baptism Scriptural? and Why We Baptize Infants

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