BAPTISM - SIGN AND SEAL OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE
By Brian Russell
Grace Publications. 126 pages
ISBN 0 946462 62 3
This book, written by a Baptist pastor, is a lucid and thoughtful presentation of the case for believer's baptism.
It is eirenic in tone, though robust in conviction. Russell wishes to distance himself from those placing an undue stress on the necessity of baptism as well as those who regard it as unimportant. He briefly surveys the historical evidence and, at greater length, the biblical evidence and concludes: 'Be-cause of the clear command of Christ and the practice of the apostles, it is the plain duty of every professing Christian to ask for baptism and of every Christian minister to press upon his congregation this obligation.'
