I really like the multi-views books that InterVarsity Press and Zondervan have been putting out for a number of years now. In fact, it was that style of book that got me going on Five Paths To The Love of Your Life (NavPress, 2005). So I’m intrigued by this new IVP title on Baptism, which I’ve heard some good things about. The Believers’ Baptism View is presented Bruce A. Ware, the Infant Baptism View by Sinclair B. Ferguson, and the Dual-Practice Baptism View by Anthony N. S. Lane. As with other books of this sort, each contributor not only presents his own view, but also responds to the other two views.
About the Contributors:
Sinclair B. Ferguson is senior minister at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina, and serves as professor of systematic theology at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas and is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA. He is the author of numerous books including In Christ Alone: Reflections on the Heart of the Gospel.
Bruce A. Ware is professor of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and has authored God’s Lesser Glory, God’s Greater Glory, and Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Anthony N. S. Lane is professor of historical theology and director of research at the London School of Theology. He is the author of A Concise History of Christian Thought, John Calvin: Student of the Church Fathers, and Justification by Faith in Catholic-Protestant Dialogue and compiled The Lion Christian Classics Collection. A world-class Calvin scholar, he abridged the Institutes into a popular student edition and also edited the translation of Calvin’s Bondage and Liberation of the Will.