Tim Keller on Baptism
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 QUOTATIONOne quotation, on spiritual-warfare, taken from a machine transcript of a freely published 1992 sermon, and copyright is not what is stopping the rest. Nine of the other ten loci have had no primary-source pass at all. The tenth, scripture-authority, had one that read three freely published pieces in full and kept no excerpt from them — so what is missing there is a retained sentence, not permission. The books are in copyright, but he preached and published free for decades, and this map quotes MacArthur, Heiser and Sproul at length, all modern authors in copyright.
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
ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian, New York. Known for apologetics addressed to urban skeptics and for a notably winsome register.
Cite this page
"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).