The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology
by Pascal Denault | Book Summary
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Author: Pascal Denault
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Thus, understanding the baptism debate means more than simply saying there are no New Testament examples of infant baptism. The deeper issue at stake is Who really makes up the people of God? To get to the answer to this question, one has to understand the way God relates to His people in both the Old and New Testaments and understand the way the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace function in God's economy of salvation. In contrast to the Presbyterians, the 17th century Baptists saw the New Covenant as truly new because in it Christ had accomplished the Covenant of Works. The New Covenant was an unbreakable covenant only entered into by those born again, all based on the merits of Christ. |
Pascal Denault was born and raised in a Christian family. After a tumultuous life of rebellion against God, he was brought to repentance and faith in the Lord at the age of 18. He has been married to Caroline since 2004, and together, they have two sons and two daughters.
Pascal has completed a BTh and a ThM at the Faculté de théologie évangélique in Montreal with Acadia University and has been pastoring Église réformée baptiste Saint-Jérôme church since 2005. He has also worked as a chaplain for four years in a federal prison.
His research interests are in Systematic Theology, presently the works of Meredith G. Kline. He is a French Canadian, who enjoys brewing beer, wood working, sports, traveling with his family, and going out with his wife. (Taken from Reformed Baptist Seminary.)
The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology
by Pascal Denault
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Pascal Denault |
| Publisher | Solid Ground Christian Books |
| Date | January 8, 2013 |
| Pages | 156 |
Overview:
Though the most obvious difference between Baptists (credobaptists) and Presbyterians (paedobaptists) may seem to be who and how they baptize, the root of this difference goes deeper. "Covenant theology is [the fundamental] distinctive between Baptists and paedobaptists and…all the divergences that exist between them, both theological and practical, including baptism, stem from their different ways of understanding the biblical covenants." (p. 5)
Thus, understanding the baptism debate means more than simply saying there are no New Testament examples of infant baptism. The deeper issue at stake is Who really makes up the people of God?
To get to the answer to this question, one has to understand the way God relates to His people in both the Old and New Testaments and understand the way the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace function in God's economy of salvation.
In contrast to the Presbyterians, the 17th century Baptists saw the New Covenant as truly new because in it Christ had accomplished the Covenant of Works. The New Covenant was an unbreakable covenant only entered into by those born again, all based on the merits of Christ.
Pascal Denault was born and raised in a Christian family. After a tumultuous life of rebellion against God, he was brought to repentance and faith in the Lord at the age of 18. He has been married to Caroline since 2004, and together, they have two sons and two daughters.
Pascal has completed a BTh and a ThM at the Faculté de théologie évangélique in Montreal with Acadia University and has been pastoring Église réformée baptiste Saint-Jérôme church since 2005. He has also worked as a chaplain for four years in a federal prison.
His research interests are in Systematic Theology, presently the works of Meredith G. Kline. He is a French Canadian, who enjoys brewing beer, wood working, sports, traveling with his family, and going out with his wife. (Taken from Reformed Baptist Seminary.)