“Ancient Baptism: A Matter of Life and Death” (Ephesus Baptistery)

Today, Baptism is a ritual—a Christian ‘initiation’ ceremony—but for the first Christians, it could get them killed—yet they still they rushed out to do it. To them, baptism was life’s biggest game changer. What changed? What have we forgotten—and why? (Recorded at a Byzantine baptistery in The Basilica of St. John in Ephesus)

[joshrichards]

That’s awesome. I’ve never heard baptism explained like this. Jesus’s words of hating old family make more sense now. Thank you very much, sir. I love listening to you talk about Biblical and Church history.