{"podcast":{"title":"Reasonable Faith Podcast","slug":"reasonable-faith-podcast-198688","podcast_index_feed_id":198688,"rss_url":"https://feeds.blubrry.com/feeds/reasonable_faith.xml","website_url":"http://www.reasonablefaith.org","image_url":"https://assets.blubrry.com/coverart/orig/52717-465838.jpg","author":"William Lane Craig","episode_count":300,"summary":"Reasonable Faith features the work of philosopher and theologian Dr. William Lane Craig, discussing the most important issues concerning the truth of the Christian faith today. Reasonable Faith aims to to provide an articulate, intelligent voice for biblical Christianity in the public arena, to challenge unbelievers with the truth of biblical Christianity, and to train Christians to state and defend Christian truth claims with greater effectiveness. Visit https://www.reasonablefaith.org for all of our debates, animated short films, interviews and lectures, articles, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:17:11.157829+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonable-faith-podcast-198688"},"episode":{"title":"Baptism a Cardinal Doctrine? (QoW #994)","slug":"baptism-a-cardinal-doctrine-qow-994","published_at":"2026-07-16T21:03:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonable-faith-podcast-198688/baptism-a-cardinal-doctrine-qow-994","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonable-faith-podcast-198688","url":"https://podcast.show/reasonable_faith/episode/154389692/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/reasonable_faith/ins.blubrry.com/reasonable_faith/Question_of_the_Week_994_Baptism_a_Cardinal_Doctrine.mp3","summary":"A listener named Chris pushes back on Dr. Craig's video \"What About Baptism?\", where Craig said baptism \"is not a cardinal doctrine that need divide us.\" Chris argues that Galatians teaches only one true gospel — so if baptismal regeneration (the belief that baptism is necessary for salvation) is wrong, its proponents are preaching a false gospel, making fellowship with them untenable. Dr. Craig responds that Chris has misread the sacramentalist position: those who hold to baptismal regeneration don't see baptism as a meritorious work, but as one more means of grace, like preaching or Scripture reading. Craig explains why he can disagree with fellow baptized Christians on this point without treating them as false brethren.","meta_description":"A listener named Chris pushes back on Dr. Craig's video \"What About Baptism?\", where Craig said baptism \"is not a cardinal doctrine that need divide us.\"…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":204,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reasonable-faith-podcast-198688/episodes/baptism-a-cardinal-doctrine-qow-994/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonable-faith-podcast-198688/baptism-a-cardinal-doctrine-qow-994.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}