If you asked most conservative Christians who believe in “believer’s baptism” what they think of infant baptism, you’ll probably hear answers like, “It’s unbiblical,” “It’s pointless,” “It may be harmless, but it has no particular value,” etc.
Because my own answers would have been similar to these, I was nothing short of stunned when, about 10-12 years ago in college, I ran across a rather hefty, thick volume entitled, The Evils of Infant Baptism. I never read the book, but I wondered that someone could put so much thought into what might seem such an esoteric topic. Infant baptism may be unbiblical—but evil? Evil enough to write a whole book about it?
I never thought about it much after that, until yesterday when I was doing research for a series of articles entitled “Our Heritage” that I am writing for 3ABN.