I attended the New Members class at the Reformed Baptist church last night. It was basically Christianity 101, with a well-done (i.e. God-centered) gospel presentation. Even though I was a little dissapointed not to be presented with any specific info about this church, the meeting was interesting in what cultural insights I gained. Several of the families present just moved from nearby towns and decided to change churches, too. The thinking is "let's go to the nearest Baptist church", and there are plenty to choose from here. I suppose this explains why the pastor presented the gospel and nothing else. In the Bible-belt culture you're expected to be active in a church, whether you're a believer or not.

Also, I finished reading Greg Welty's "Critique of Paedobaptism". I can't help but be biased, but I think any decent Bible student could find several leaps and misperceptions in his work; nonetheless he has a couple good points. Now I've started Mark Horne's lengthy critique of Welty's effort. After that I plan to read another reformed baptist article that looks more promising, "A String of Pearls Unstrung".