Who Watered Down Baptism?

Who Watered Down Baptism? challenges one of the most widely accepted assumptions in modern Christianity—that baptism is optional, merely symbolic, or secondary to salvation.

Drawing directly from Scripture, Ryan Hebert demonstrates that baptism is inseparably connected to the gospel itself: death, burial, and resurrection with Christ. From the preaching of John the Baptist to the words of Jesus, to the consistent practice of the early church, baptism is never presented as a human work, but as God's appointed moment of obedient faith—where repentance meets grace, sins are washed away, and new life begins.

This book walks carefully and boldly through the biblical narrative, addressing common objections, dismantling traditions that minimize baptism's role, and calling readers back to the clear and consistent teaching of Scripture. Rather than diminishing faith, it shows that biblical faith leads to obedience—and that baptism is where faith responds to the command of Christ.

Written for believers, seekers, and those wrestling with what it truly means to be born again, Who Watered Down Baptism? is not an attack on faith or grace. It is a call to take Jesus at His word.

If baptism mattered to Christ, the apostles, and the early church, it must matter to us.