Baptism Resources for Further Study
This sidebar gathers several recommended works on baptism in the New Testament. The resources include books, dictionary articles, journal articles, and a related download connected to Christian Standard’s March 2009 baptism articles.
- Includes recommended works by G.R. Beasley-Murray, Jack Cottrell, Robert H. Stein, and Jon A. Weatherly.
- Highlights resources focused on baptism, conversion, Paul’s letters, and New Testament scholarship.
- Points readers to a related Christian Standard download with multiple baptism articles.
By Jon Weatherely
(This is a sidebar to Jon Weatherly’s article, “What Baptism Requests”)
Recommended Baptism Resources
G.R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1962). The most detailed work on the subject, from a British Baptist scholar.
G.R. Beasley-Murray, “Baptism, Wash,” New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology Vol. 1 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975–85), 143-161. A briefer version of material found in the same author’s book.
G.R. Beasley-Murray, “Baptism,” Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (Downers Grove: InterVarsity), 60–66. As above, with particular focus on Paul’s letters.
Jack Cottrell, Baptism: A Biblical Study (Joplin: College Press, 2006). A thorough, exceptionally clear exposition of New Testament texts dealing with baptism.
Robert H. Stein, “Baptism and Becoming a Christian in the New Testament,” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 2, 1998, 6-17. A remarkable article by an esteemed Baptist scholar from the United States, presenting conversion in five parts: repentance, faith and confession by the convert, regeneration or the gift of the Holy Spirit by God, and the administration of baptism by representatives of the Christian community.
Jon A. Weatherly, “The Role of Baptism in Conversion: Israel’s Promises Fulfilled for the Believer in Jesus,” in Evangelicalism and the Stone-Campbell Movement, ed. by William R. Baker (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002), 159-75. This author’s more thorough treatment of the issues presented in the present article, including documentation of the consensus on the issue among New Testament scholars.
Related Christian Standard Download
What do you believe about baptism? How do you explain baptism to seekers you encounter? Order all of the articles about baptism that appear in the March 1 and 8, 2009, issues of CHRISTIAN STANDARD, plus another Web-only feauture, a classic essay by Robert O. Fife, together in one convenient download. The reformatted, 14-page, easy-to-read and easy-to-use download includes articles by Bruce Shields, Jon Weatherly, Brian Jones, Mark Krause, Paul Williams, and an interview with Joe Grana. Order “Baptism: 7 Practical Perspectives” item number 02973, at www.standardpub.com.
Author: Jon Weatherly
Jon Weatherly serves as professor of New Testament and vice president for academic affairs/provost at Johnson University.
