Richard L. Pratt, Jr. is former Professor of Old Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL and founder of Third Millenium Ministries (http://thirdmill.org).
Most Christians who identify themselves as Reformed or Calvinistic affirm that baptism is a sacrament of the covenant of grace. Although different branches of the Reformed tradition highlight different aspects of baptism, the major Reformed confessions and catechisms emphasize that baptism is both sacramental and covenantal. 1 For this reason, we will concern ourselves first with the Reformed concept of baptism as a sacrament. Second, we will focus on baptism’s covenantal character.
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