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The Commission Includes Baptizing - Lutheran (Matthew 28:18-20) - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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The Commission Includes Baptizing - Lutheran (Matthew 28:18-20)

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A Lutheran pastor in Nazi Germany secretly baptized Jewish children to save them from the Holocaust, giving them Christian identities that protected them. Was it right? The questions are complex, but notice: he saw baptism as powerful, real, consequential.

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Matthew 28:18-20

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The Commission Includes Baptizing - Lutheran (Matthew 28:18-20)

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