Ep 1213 | Infant Baptism vs. Believers' Baptism: What’s Biblical?

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Today, we're diving into the theological debate surrounding infant baptism, exploring the perspectives of paedobaptism versus credobaptism. We examine the arguments for infant baptism, practiced by Catholics and some Protestants (such as Presbyterians), and the Catholic belief that it washes away original sin. We also unpack the credobaptist position, held by Baptists and many non-denominational churches, which emphasizes believers' baptism as an outward sign of inward faith, rooted in New Testament examples like Jesus' immersion baptism. We’ll look at key scriptures, historical church practices, and the reasoning behind both views and give our thoughts on what we believe to be true. Find a church: https://church.founders.org/ Share the Arrows 2025 is on October 11 in Dallas, Texas! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sharethearrows.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for tickets now! Sponsored by: ⁠Carly Jean Los Angeles⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.carlyjeanlosangeles.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Good Ranchers⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.goodranchers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠EveryLife⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.everylife.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Allie's new book, "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4COtBxy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Timecodes: (05:29) New merch! (07:26) What is baptism? (10:42) Protestant paedobaptism (23:17) Catholic paedobaptism (26:08) Credobaptism --- Today's Sponsors: We Heart Nutrition — Get 20% off women's vitamins with We Heart Nutrition, and get your first bottle of their new supplement, Wholesome Balance; use code ALLIE at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.WeHeartNutrition.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Good Ranchers — Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoodRanchers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe to any of their boxes (but preferably the Allie Beth Stuckey Box) to get free Waygu burgers, hot dogs, bacon, or chicken wings in every box for life. Plus, you’ll get $40 off when you use code ALLIE at checkout. Fellowship Home Loans — Fellowship Home Loans is a mortgage lending company that offers home financing solutions while integrating Christian values such as honesty, integrity, and stewardship. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠fellowshiphomeloans.com/allie⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get up to $500 credit towards closing costs when you finance with Fellowship Home Loans. EveryLife — The only premium baby brand that is unapologetically pro-life. Visit ⁠everylife.com⁠ and use promo code ALLIE10 to get 10% off your first order. --- Episodes you might like: Ep 867 | Should We Baptize Babies? | Q&A https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-867-should-we-baptize-babies-q-a/id1359249098?i=1000626856947 --- Links: Founders Ministries: "An Analysis of Reformed Infant Baptism" https://founders.org/articles/an-analysis-of-reformed-infant-baptism/#:~:text=Paedobaptists%20look%20for%20a%20profession,the%20children%20of%20professing%20believers Got Questions: "What is the importance of Christian baptism?" https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-baptism.html Desiring God: "Where Did Baptism Come From?" https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/where-did-baptism-come-from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary: "Believers’ Baptism in the Patristic Writings" https://www.sebts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/5-Believers-Baptism-Steve-McKinion.pdf --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://alliebethstuckey.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Infant baptism versus believers baptism, the age-old debate.
0:06.0	We are having it today on today's episode of Relatable.
0:10.5	It's brought to you by our friends at Good Rangers.
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0:16.3	Code Allie.
0:28.2	Hey, y'all, welcome to Relatable.
0:29.7	Happy Wednesday.
0:32.3	Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far.
0:38.9	I'd remind myself what day it is because typically the second episode that is out in a week comes out on Tuesday,
0:45.5	but with our new schedule with Relatable coming out on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays now,
0:52.7	it is indeed Wednesday. And as promised, we are following our format, even with so much going on on the news. On Wednesday, we are going to do a theological
0:56.6	topic. Now, sometimes it might be something that's going on in the news that fits into a broader
1:03.6	theological theme that we can dissect. But today, we are not talking about anything news-related.
1:09.6	We are talking about baptism. If you go back to some
1:13.8	episodes that I did in 2019, those were strictly topical when I was in my first maternity leave.
1:20.6	I think there were like nine weeks of episodes we had pre-recorded to come out after I had my
1:26.9	first child six years ago,
1:30.0	and we covered a lot of political and theological topics.
1:34.7	But one topic that I don't believe we have ever covered in depth is baptism.
1:41.3	That's Pato Baptism, Infant Baptism, versus creedobaptism, which is not necessarily
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