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Tim Keller on Baptism

1950 – 2023 · PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Infants included, as a covenant sign

THE POSITION

Infant baptism as a covenant sign, per Presbyterian confessional standards — the one locus where he differs from most of the contemporary figures here.

WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONNo quotations. The published work is in copyright, so these positions are paraphrased rather than reproduced.

SCRIPTURE
COLOSSIANS 2:11-12 · BSB

11 In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. 12 And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

7 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Jacobus ArminiusCalvinJonathan EdwardsJohn OwenR.C. SproulWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Believers only, on profession of faithVODDIE BAUCHAM · THE CHURCH OF ELEVEN22 STATEMENT OF FAITH · JOSH HOWERTON · SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION · JOHN MACARTHUR · GAVIN ORTLUND · JUSTIN PETERS · JOHN PIPER · CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Infants included, and effective for regenerationAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE · CHRYSOSTOM · CONSTANTINOPLE I · IRENAEUS · LUTHER · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · NICAEA I · WESLEY
See all 29 figures on baptism →

ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian, New York. Known for apologetics addressed to urban skeptics and for a notably winsome register.

READ ACROSS 9 LOCI, NONE QUOTED
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"Tim Keller on Baptism", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/keller/baptism (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/keller/baptism).

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