About this episode

The episode recaps a debate on baptism, discussing various aspects of the debate and its implications for Christian denominations.

We apologize for the lack of our usually scheduled Monday episode, but we waited a day to go live and recap Jack's debate on baptism! Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction and initial thoughts07:13 - Getting denominations to defend their "home court"14:32 - Debating like a Christian vs. taking pot-shots17:09 - Strongest and weakest points of the debate?26:36 - Jake Hisaw joins to talk the value of debates and the church of Christ's growing influence41:25 - Debate tactics and rhetorical posturing48:23 - The value and limitations of using Greek1:03:53 - Reformation vs. Restoration approaches Join us on Focus+ to get exclusive access to the weekly Deep End episode, Daily Devos, deep dive Bible studies, and more! focuspress.org/plus Check out Jake's work at https://www.youtube.com/@TheProgressivePrimitivist Follow us at focuspress.org and jackwilkie.co

People in this episode

Host: Jack Wilkie

Guest: Jake Hisaw

Topics covered

• baptism debate
• Christian denominations
• debate tactics
• rhetorical strategies
• Greek language
• Reformation
• Restoration

Keywords

• baptism
• debate
• Christianity
• Greek
• Reformation
• Restoration
• church of Christ
• rhetoric
• denominations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Focus Press, church of Christ, The Progressive Primitivist

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