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In this episode, we turn to Didache chapter 7 and step into one of the most debated and misunderstood practices in Christian history: baptism. The early Church does not treat baptism as a casual ritual or a mechanical transaction. It treats it as covenantal allegiance. After teaching the Way of Life and the Way of Death, only then does the Didache speak of baptism. Why does formation come before immersion? And what does that order tell us about the heart behind the act?

We walk through the Didache’s instructions carefully. Baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Use living water if possible. If not, use what you have. Fast beforehand. The emphasis is not on spectacle or office, but on reverence, preparation, and intention. The act is simple. The posture is not. We wrestle with modern controversies around infant baptism, rebaptism, salvation formulas, and altar calls, asking what allegiance truly looks like in light of Scripture and early Church practice.

As the discussion unfolds, we reflect on the difference between John’s baptism of repentance and baptism into Christ. We consider whether baptism saves, whether it must be done a certain way, and whether discomfort, fasting, and communal participation were meant to protect its weight from becoming routine. We also confront the danger of treating sacred acts like magic words or emotional milestones rather than covenantal commitments.

This episode invites listeners to reconsider baptism not as a checkbox or a performance, but as a public declaration of loyalty to the King. It is a call to reverence, to preparation, and to remembering that Jesus himself entered the waters, not because he needed cleansing, but because covenant demands visible allegiance.

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