7 Reasons Why Baptism Is NOT Required for Salvation

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Did Peter declare that water baptism is a requirement for salvation? In the book of Acts, Peter seems to indicate that all believers must be baptized in order to be saved and yet, the writings of Paul and the teachings of Jesus seem to suggest otherwise. How do we resolve this apparent contradiction?

In this midweek podcast episode, Frank responds to one of several hostile emails we received after releasing a 60-second video on the topic of baptism. Using the S.T.O.P. method, Frank walks us through the correct interpretation of Acts 2:38 and provides seven reasons why Christians should NOT regard water baptism as a requirement for salvation. Frank also answers questions like:

What is the significance of water baptism?
Is the Book of Acts prescriptive or descriptive?
Did Peter and Paul have opposing views on baptism?
What did Jesus say about baptism?
How can Christians have fruitful discussions when we disagree on theological points?

By the end of this episode, you will walk away with a better understanding of the expectations and purpose of water baptism as well as the basics of biblical interpretation. Understanding the Bible can be challenging for all Christians at times but taking a moment to S.T.O.P. and ponder the context will make all the difference!

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.3	Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?
0:05.6	Does God exist?
0:07.4	So when someone says there is no truth,
0:09.8	if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:12.6	Is that true?
0:15.2	They don't think Christianity is true.
0:17.7	They're talked out of it.
0:20.0	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.0	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.2	Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.
0:28.0	Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.
0:33.0	Wow, did we get some hostile email regarding a short video
0:40.0	that we put out to our email subscribers a couple of weeks ago?
0:45.3	We have about, I don't know, little over 70,000 people
0:48.5	that get an email from us once a week.
0:50.9	We send one email a week that normally has a short video in it.
0:56.9	From usually from the college campus, a Q&A video
1:00.8	that we think might be helpful to you.
1:03.1	Maybe it's a question you've been thinking about
1:05.6	or maybe it's a question that other people ask you.
1:09.2	And so we send one video out a week
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