JOHN063 - Why Did Christians Start Sprinkling to Baptize?

About this episode

Matt Whitman discusses the origins of sprinkling in Christian baptism based on John 1:29-34.

John 1:29-34 Matt's book, The Lightning-Fast Field Guide to the Bible is available NOW! - here's a link that gets TMBH a little kickback: https://amzn.to/4pEYSS9 Thanks to everyone who supports TMBH at patreon.com/thetmbhpodcast You're the reason we can all do this together! Discuss the episode here Music by Jeff Foote

People in this episode

Host: Matt Whitman

Topics covered

• baptism
• Christianity
• sprinkling
• religious practices
• John 1:29-34

Keywords

• baptism
• sprinkling
• Christianity
• John 1:29-34
• religious practices

Sponsors

TMBH

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TMBH, patreon.com

Books & works: The Lightning-Fast Field Guide to the Bible

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