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Baptism has been a contested perform from the very starting of the church. during this quantity, Ben Witherington rethinks the theology of baptism and does so in consistent dialog with the vintage theological positions and relevant New testomony texts. by way of putting baptism within the context of the covenant, Witherington indicates how advocates of either believer’s baptism and baby baptism have further a few water to either their theology and perform of baptism.

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