Released in the UK September 2022
Released in the US September 2022
Large trade paperback | 208 Pages
9781527108882 • £12.99 $17.99
BISAC – REL055010
Washed By God
The Story of Baptism
Karl Deenick
Traces roots of baptism through OT and NT
What baptism points to
How baptism makes the gospel clear
Baptism is a subject which has caused confusion amongst Christians for many years. Jesus included it in his final charge to the disciples. It is clearly important, so why do we spend so much time arguing about it? Baptism is a God–given sign, not to obscure the gospel, but to make it clearer. Karl Deenick explains not only what baptism is, what it isn’t, and who should be baptised, but he follows the threads of symbolic cleansing through both the Old and New Testaments. He explains and exalts the gospel and shows how the Old Testament foreshadows Jesus and how he fulfils the Old Testament.
Karl Deenick
Karl is the coordinator of community and student care and a lecturer in theology at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. Until recently he was serving as a pastor in Launceston, Tasmania. He is the author of Righteous by Promise: A Biblical Theology of Circumcision and Gathered Together: The Beauty of Living as God’s Church.
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Christian Focus
… with a mixture of theological acumen and pastoral sensitivity, he explains how baptism is, ultimately, a sign of the gospel for the entire family of faith. Easily one of the best books about baptism you will ever read!
Michael F. Bird
Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia
I encourage all to read and interact with this work, and I hope we can all agree with Deenick that we look to Jesus alone for salvation.
Thomas R. Schreiner
James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
Deenick weaves together a host of Biblical texts on circumcision, sacrifice, covenant, and the Spirit in order to demonstrate that, more than anything else, baptism is a sign of the gospel and of the community gathered around God’s Messiah, Jesus. If you’re tired of hearing the same arguments on baptism reheated and served as leftovers, this book is for you.
Joe Barnard
Pastor, Holyrood Evangelical Church, Edinburgh Author of The Way Forward, and Surviving the Trenches
Whatever you believe about Baptism, this valuable book will give you many generous doses of Biblical Theology, Biblical evidence, theological cohesion, and pastoral clarity. It is theologically deep, and highly practical. Heartily recommended.
Peter Adam
Vicar Emeritus, St Jude's Church, Carlton, Victoria, Australia