Simply Disciples Podcast

5.4 No Idols by Deer Creek Church

5.3 No Other Gods Before Me by Deer Creek Church

5.2 How To understand The Ten Commandments by Deer Creek Church

5.1The Ten Commandments by Deer Creek Church

4.12 Gender and Sacraments Q&A by Deer Creek Church

4.11 What is the Lord's Supper? by Deer Creek Church

1. Was the podcast discussion regarding invalid vs irregular baptisms helpful?

2. Many people assume that the only correct way to baptize is through immersion. Did the biblical discussion on the use of pouring and sprinkling help? (Acts 2:17-18, 33, 1 Cor 10:2, Heb 9;10, Lev 14:6,16, 51)?

3. After listening to this podcast, what would you say are the important aspects of baptism?

4. What else was helpful in this podcast?

1. To the question, “What is baptism?“, discuss the biblical summary from Westminster Shorter Catechism 94 - “Baptism is a sacrament where the washing with water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit signifies and seals our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.”

a. How is it a ceremonial or spiritual washing?

b. What is meant by “signifies and seals”? (Rom 4:11, Rom 6:1-4)

c. What is meant by “covenant or grace”?

2. To the question, “Who should be baptized?“, discuss the biblical summary from Westminster Shorter Catechism 95 - “Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, until they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized.”

a. The podcast discussed the three steps of understanding the biblical

basis for infant baptism: Step 1 is Col 2:11 (baptism replaces circumcision as

covenant sign) --> Step 2 is Gen 17:11-13 , Act 2:37-39, Acts 16:14-15

(covenant sign for whole household) --> Step 3 is understanding baptism as

a sign of God’s faithfulness to his promises, not as a sign of our faith.

3. What else was helpful in this podcast?

1. Prior to this podcast, how would you have explained the importance of sacraments?

2. How did the podcast define a sacrament (feel free to google Westminster Shorter Catechism 92)?

3. What does the Westminster Shorter Catechism mean when it says “Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers”?

4. Read and discuss 1 Cor 11:17-34 regarding the seriousness of the Lord’s Supper.

5. In light of this podcast, has anything changed about your perspective on Sacraments?

6. What else was helpful in this podcast?

4.7 How Should We Worship Together? by Deer Creek Church