Why We Do What We Do. 1. Baptism - Audio

As we think about the questions of why we do what we do in church, we first consider Holy Baptism as (according to John Wesley), "a proper sacrament, a sign, seal, pledge, and means of grace." What is baptism and what does it mean, given that, according to the United Methodist Church, "the sacraments do not convey grace either magically or irrevocably, but they are powerful channels through which God has chosen to make grace available to us"?