# Episode 144 - "Is water baptism necessary for salvation?"

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Podcast: ["The Cross in the Desert."](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cross-in-the-desert-7100264)
Published: 2026-06-12T01:58:47+00:00
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## Resource

In this final episode on our series critiquing the heretical teachings of Oneness Pentecostals, George and I discuss the error of baptismal regeneration. Groups like Onenessthis final episode on our series critiquing the heretical teachings of Oneness Pentecostals, George and I discuss the error of baptismal regeneration. Groups like Oneness Pentecostals and Church of Christ believe that one must be baptized in order to be saved. George and I comment on the various scriptures used by these groups and put them back into context. Pentecostals and Church of Christ believe that one must be baptized in order to be saved. George and I comment on the various scriptures used by these groups and put them back into context.

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