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🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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0:00.0 | During today's conversation on back porch theology, we're going to weigh deeply into the |
0:14.0 | doctrine of baptism. |
0:16.0 | Sorry, I just couldn't help using a cheesy metaphor. |
0:20.0 | Contrary to popular belief, water baptism didn't originate with John the Baptist, whose name |
0:25.1 | is better translated John the Baptist, because his ministry was so closely associated with ceremonial |
0:31.2 | soki. |
0:32.2 | But instead can be traced back centuries before John normalized the sacrament for Christ |
0:37.5 | followers. |
0:38.5 | In the pre-Christian era, water baptism was frequently connected to ritual purification, |
0:45.0 | both in pagan and Jewish culture, and typically represented one entering a new state, a new |
0:50.3 | community, or a new phase of life. |
0:53.0 | And the same is basically true for Christian baptism. |
0:56.7 | It's the symbolic gate through which we enter into the newness of salvation by identifying |
1:03.6 | with our Savior's death on the cross and subsequent resurrection. |
1:07.6 | Now, before we press play on this particular episode, I do want to acknowledge that there |
1:12.0 | are more doctrinal nuances when it comes to water baptism than there are carbs to avoid |
1:17.8 | on a keto diet. |
1:19.3 | And see your Christians disagree about the amount of water necessary for baptism, what |
1:24.4 | phase in a believer's life baptism is legitimate, and whether one sprinkling, dunking, or sloshing |
1:30.8 | is sufficient. |
1:32.2 | However, the purpose of our podcast isn't to fair it out the single best understanding |
1:36.7 | of biblical baptism through some type of dogmatic, spiritual Darwinism. |
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