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I checked on a link on google - no MP3s came up.

xapis said:

GD - Did you hear Sproul's three-parter on baptism?

http://www.ligonier.org/rym.php

Check out the audio from 1/28 - 1/30 and let me know your thoughts, bro. They have a stream for folks on dial-up.

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I didn't hear it this time around, but I have heard them on Renewing Your Mind in the past. Like I've said before, he has a strong argument that makes sense when you listen to it, just like Michael Horton and other Covenant Theologians do, and I have come this close (holding my thumb and forefinger about 1/4 inch apart) to switching to paedobaptism, but then whenever I go back to the Scriptures and look at the verses in the context there, I just don't see it. I respect the position, and no longer reject it out of hand.

We have a non-denominational little country church, and while we practice credobaptism, we have nothing in our doctrinal statement that requires members to hold the position. We have a few paedobatists in our midst, and rather than try to 'convert' them to my position, what I've done is ask them why they hold that position. Only one or two could answer, and the others I have directed to a Covenenant Theology understanding of the position.

For in depth, detailed soul-searching:

My Retraction: A 15-year Baptist turns Paedobaptist

Arguing secondary issues is not restricted to ancient writers. RC Sproul debated Alister Begg at great lengths on secondary issues at a Ligonier conference some years ago that I attended. RC never addressed why he thought Alister was wrong at the heart of his hermeneutic. He just argued with Alister about the issues surrounding the subject - baptism. He argued for familial solidarity when he should have been dealing with hermeneutics and the foundations of the Covenant of Redemption and Covenant of Grace. Why was there confusion for me as a Baptist? Why did I think that Infant Baptist was not dealing with “texts” which “proved” their case? Why did I think this way in particular? I was simply dumbfounded at the Presbyterian’s lack of exegetical prowess when it came to Infant Baptism. Why? It was the answer to this question that helped me understand why I was wrong on this issue for so long.