Large works
Free
- Armitage, Thomas. A history of the Baptists: traced by their vital principles and practices from the time of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the year 1886
- Broadus, John A. Immersion Essential to Christian Baptism
- Christian, John T. A History of the Baptists
- Cramp, J.M. Baptist History: From the Foundation of the Christian Church to the Close of the Eighteenth Century
- Duncan, William Cecil. History of the Early Baptists From The Beginning of the Gospel To the Rise of Affusion As Baptism, And Of Infant Baptism
- Dagg, J.L. Manual of Church Order, Volume 2 Chapter 1, Baptism
- Duncan, William Cecil. A Brief History of the Baptists and Their Distinctive Principles and Practices
- Jarrell, W.A. Baptist Church Perpetuity
- Newman, Albert Henry. A History of Anti-pedobaptism: From the Rise of Pedobaptism to A.D. 1609
- Reisinger, John. Abraham’s Four Seeds*
- Robinson, Robert. The History of Baptism
- Schreiner, Tom & others Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ.
- Vedder, Henry Clay. A short history of the Baptists
Paid
- The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology by Pascal Denault – More of a historical look at differences in theology pertaining to Covenant theology. Probably not a beginner book.
- Covenant Theology: From Adam to Christ by Nehemiah Coxe & John Owen – Edited Work by Coxe who is believed to have written the 1689 LBCF, with addition of some writings that Coxe references of John Owen.
- The Fatal Flaw by Jeffery Johnson – Critique of paedobaptism, mainly traditional paedobaptism i.e. Calvin, Witsius, Westminster Theological Seminary.
- Recovering a Covenantal Heritage: Essays in Baptist Covenant Theology editor Richard Barcellos – Collection of essays on Baptist covenental theology.
- The Kingdom of God: A Baptist Expression of Covenant and Biblical Theology by Jeffery Johnson – baptist covenental theology & Biblical theology.
Short works
- From Paedobaptism to Creadobaptism by W. Gary Crampton
- The Case for Credobaptism by Sam Renihan
- Barcellos, Richard C. PAEDOISM OR CREDOISM?
- Benedict, David. A Miniature History of Baptism
- Brantly, W.T. The Covenant of Circumcision: No Just Plea For Infant Baptism
- Chantry, Walter J. Baptism and Covenant Theology
- Engwer, Jason. Hippolytus And Infant Baptism
- Engwer, Jason. Justin Martyr And Infant Baptism
- Engwer, Jason. Justin Martyr And The Early Absence Of Infant Baptism
- Engwer, Jason. Iraneus And Infant Baptism
- Gill, John. An Answer to a Welsh Clergyman’s Twenty Arguments in Favour of Infant-Baptism
- Gill, John. Antipaedobaptism
- Gill, John. The Divine Right of Infant Baptism, Examined and Disproved
- Gill, John. Infant Baptism: A Part and Pillar of Popery
- Malone, Fred. A String of Pearls Unstrung
- Malone, Fred. Infant Baptism and the Regulative Principle of Worship
- McHugh, Mike. Christ’s Children of Promise: A New Covenant Theological Rebuttal to Covenant Theology
- Payne, William. The Abrahamic Covenant and Baptism*
- Piper, John. How do circumcision and baptism correspond?*
- Spurgeon, C.H. Baptism
- Weaver, Steve. The Plain Testimony of Scripture: How the Early English Baptists Employed the Regulative Principle to Argue for Believer’s Baptism
- Waller, John L. WERE THE WALDENSES BAPTISTS OR PEDO-BAPTISTS?
- Wellum, Kirk. Christian Baptism*
- Welty, Greg. A Critical Evaluation of Paedobaptism
My writings
- A short refutation of paedobaptism
- A Baptist rebuttal to Dr. R. Scott Clark’s 117-word explanation of paedobaptism
- On 1 Corinthians 7:14 “as it is they [the children] are holy”
- A helpful rebuttal to the paedobaptist argument that Luke uses “brephe” (often translated “infant”) in chapter 18.
- How Galatians 3:16 Refutes the Doctrine of Paedobaptism
Early Church resources for research only (These sources don’t necessarily support or deny credobaptism)
- Ambrose, On the Sacraments.
- Ambrose, On the Mysteries.
- John Chrysostom, Baptismal Instructions.
- John Chrysostom, Homily 25 on John.
- Cyprian, Letter 58.
- Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures 19-21.
- Didache, The. Section on Baptism
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration on Baptism 28.
- Hippolytus, Apostolic Tradition 16-23.
- Justin Martyr, 1 Apology 61-62.
- Origen, Homilies on Leviticus 8.3.
- Origen, Homilies on Luke 14.
- Origen, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans 5.9.
- Tertullian, On Baptism.
- Theodore of Mopsuestia, Baptismal Homilies.
- Whitaker, Edward C. Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy
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