How American Christianity Lost Baptism
Thinking Fellows
1517 Podcasts
4.8 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
"America was designed to destroy baptism" is a famous quote from Dr. Steven Paulson and his appearance on the Thinking Fellows live show in 2017. Caleb and Scott are joined by Dan van Voorhis to examine the truth behind Dr. Paulson's statement. Together, they explore the rejection of infant baptism in American Protestantism and how this shift has often turned faith and knowledge into meritorious works within Protestant theology.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, thank you, everybody, and welcome to the live show of the Think You Fellas podcast, one of two this year in 2026. |
| 0:26.7 | My name is Caleb Keith, and today I am joined by Scott Keith and a special guest, Dan VanVoris. |
| 0:35.8 | Now, many of you will recognize Dan from his well-l listened to daily, as he'll remind you at every meeting that he has to go to, daily podcast. |
| 0:45.5 | Because you ask, okay, what's everyone doing? And I just say a podcast every day. |
| 0:50.6 | That's what I'm doing. Daily podcast. Christian History Almanac. |
| 0:59.1 | But Dan, this panel, we're missing Adam Francisco, who's going to be here, but he's at a family funeral for this trip. |
| 1:01.6 | So prayers for his family and safe travel and that. |
| 1:04.3 | But Sands Adam, who would also qualify for this, this group at this table, has been |
| 1:08.9 | podcasting for 1517 for over a decade now. |
| 1:13.3 | So I can tell you today is the first of May. Yep. And so this is today the seventh anniversary of the first |
| 1:19.8 | episode of the Christian History Almanac. It is also 16 years ago on this day that the first |
| 1:26.3 | Virtue in the Wasteland podcast was 16 years ago? |
| 1:29.0 | 16 years ago today, May 1st, 2013. |
| 1:31.8 | So if you got Virtue in the Wasteland before it disappeared into the ether. |
| 1:36.7 | 13, yeah. |
| 1:37.4 | Did I say? |
| 1:38.5 | We should never do math. |
| 1:39.9 | No, I. |
| 1:41.1 | We could just agree on that. |
| 1:43.7 | 26. |
| 1:44.1 | 20, 13, 13 years. 13 years. No, I... We could just agree on that. 26. 26. |
| 1:45.8 | 13, 13 years. |
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