Waters of Death & Feasting with Jesus (Baptism and the Lord's Supper)

Episode Summary:

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about the meaning, significance, and different views of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

  • Why have baptism and the Lord’s Supper been so contentious historically?

  • What is the best argument for believers' baptism?

  • What is the best argument for infant baptism?

  • What are the dangers of not fully understanding each of these positions?

  • What about churches that acknowledge both positions of baptism?

  • What is baptism?

  • How does the Lord’s Supper connect to baptism in a way that is complimentary but distinct?

  • What formative value does the Lord’s Supper have in the weekly gathering?

  • What is happening at the Lord’s supper? What are the different views?

Helpful Definitions:

  • Baptism: "baptizo" (βαπτίζω): to immerse, submerge, or plunge

  • Transubstantiation (Catholicism): The elements convert into the physical body and blood of Christ.

  • Consubstantiation (Lutheranism): The substances both of the body and blood of Christ and of the bread and the wine coexist in union with each other.

  • Spiritual Presence (Reformed): Christ is spiritually present in the elements.

  • Memorial (Anabaptist): The elements are purely symbolic.

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