Episode 28: Baptisim

Sprinkled or immersed. Infant or believer. Symbol or sacrament. Trinitarian formula or Jesus name only. Baptism is the one practice every Christian tradition holds in common and almost none of them agree on. This episode takes all four debates seriously. We walk through the key texts, the strongest arguments on every side, and the places where each tradition in this room has the clearest footing and the weakest ground. We also give full treatment to the Oneness Pentecostal formula question and the LDS theology of baptism as an essential priesthood ordinance, including the practice of baptism for the dead from 1 Corinthians 15:29 that most of Christianity has never sat with long enough to understand. Whatever you believe about the water, you will leave this conversation knowing why you believe it and what the person across the aisle believes and why.