How do the global flood, circumcision, and the Israelites wondering in the wilderness foreshadowed the baptismal flood in Christ?

Find out in the issues that set a book of the month for August, the baptismal river, studying the sacrament throughout Scripture.

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Basically, you can't have a hate crime against a group that Yale Law School, Harvard Law School and the New York Times and NPR don't think is an oppressed minority.

And I think that now it is very important to encourage Christians in Finland and everywhere that now it is the time to be open, not to be silent, to be open about your faith.

In those kinds of services we have what are called praise teams. I've often wondered why there aren't lament teams.

The Bible is not primarily what I would call an upward-looking book, but it's a forward-looking book. So it's not a book that's so much concerned about the Dianne Go to Heaven piece, but it's more concerned.

I mean, the thing that's fixated on is the resurrection and the renewal of all things.

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Baptism is a big deal in Scripture, foreshadowed in the Old Testament, taught explicitly, first by Christ, then by His apostles.

So what does the baptized life look like? And why is holiness a major feature of that baptized life?

Greetings and welcome to Issuesetc.org, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin, thanks for tuning us in. We're going to be concluding our two-part series on Christian baptism with Dr. Richard Davenport, author of the Issuesetc.org, book of the month for August, the Baptismal River.

Pastor Tom Baker will be alongside to teach a Sunday school lesson on the fall of Jericho in Joshua chapters 5 and 6.

And then Pastor Peter Bender will help us look forward to Sunday morning.

According to the one-year electionary, we'll be talking about the 10th Sunday after Trinity.

Yesterday, we interviewed Dr. Richard Davenport about Christian baptism.

He's pastor of our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and author of the Issuesetc.org, book of the month, the Baptismal River, studying the sacrament throughout Scripture.

We've covered with him creation and baptism, circumcision and baptism, the account of Israel wandering in the wilderness and baptism.

Let's pick up where we left off with Dr. Davenport's answer to the question, how does baptism necessarily lead to Christian discipleship?

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