The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers: Sovereign Grace in the Covenant From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Karlberg, Mark W | Copyright Evangelical Theological Society Sep 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers: Sovereign Grace in the Covenant. By David J. Engelsma. Grandville, MI: Reformed Free, 2005, x + 239 pp., $23.95.

"The place of children in the covenant is still controversial in Reformed churches. There is sharp disagreement over the meaning of infant baptism and the proper rearing of the baptized children of believing parents. This is shameful" (p. ix). So begins David Engelsma in The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers, muc...

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