Naked Bible 001: Baptism: What You Know May Not Be So

01/21/15 • 12 min

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Inaugural Episode: Introducing the series on understanding and misunderstanding baptism.

Everyone knows about baptism, right? What’s there to think about? Turns out quite a lot. Christian traditions all have positions on baptism, but it is rare to find a coherent articulation of the topic that doesn’t create theological dilemmas with other points of doctrine. Don’t believe that? Then you need to listen to the Naked Bible Podcast’s series on baptism, starting with this episode.

Inaugural Episode: Introducing the series on understanding and misunderstanding baptism.

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Naked Bible 002: Baptism: Contradictions in Creeds Part 1

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In the first podcast episode on baptism, I made the comment that many well-known Christian creeds are internally contradictory when it comes to articulating the clear gospel (salvation by faith in Christ apart from any work or merit of our own) and baptism. That might seem hard to swallow, but it’s true. In this episode, I illustrate the problem via the Belgic Confession, whose clear description of the gospel turns to muddled thinking when it comes to the section on baptism.