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- ↑ "Robert Rayburn". Ligonier Ministries . Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ Wikner, Benjamin K. (2004). "Introduction". To You and Your Children: Examining the Biblical Doctrine of Covenant Succession. Canon Press. p. xix.
- ↑ Rayburn, Robert S. (1996). "The Presbyterian Doctrines of Covenant Children, Covenant Nurture and Covenant Succession". Presbyterion . 22 (2): 76–112. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ Rayburn, Robert S. "Report of the Ad-Interim Committee to Study the Question of Paedocommunion" (PDF). PCA Historical Center. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "In Memory of Mrs. La Verne Rayburn". Covenant College . Retrieved 24 August 2015.