Believer's baptism should be the one Christian practice we can all agree on Jesus himself modeled it for us And yet a sermon clip about baptism went viral for all the wrong reasons with hundreds of comments and even accusations of heresy In this episode we tell that story and then walk through what the Bible actually says about baptism complete immersion always after salvation with no saving power of its own We take a quick historical survey through Qumran's purification washings John the Baptist's call to repentance and Jesus's own baptism and land on Romans and what it means [... more]

The preservation of God's Word is a miracle that has been going on for thousands of years, with handwritten manuscripts and translations providing a wealth of evidence for its accuracy. From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the many versions of the Bible, scholars have found that the vast majority of the text remains unchanged, with only minor variations that do not affect the content. This sermon explores the significance of these variations and how they demonstrate the reliability of the Bible. [... more]