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Part 2, "Efficacy of Baptism" Keith D. Stanglin This series of posts is a slightly revised version of Keith Stanglin, "Visible Signs of Invisible Grace: Sacraments for the 'Low Church,'" in  Distinguishing the Church: Explorations in Word, Sacrament, and Discipline , ed. Greg Peters and Matt Jenson (Eugene: Pickwick, 2019), 69-92. In my previous post , I described the traditional understanding of a sacrament: It is a visible sign of invisible grace, practiced by Christ himsel

This week we continue offering excerpts from the 2026 CCS winter class. In this excerpt from the third class meeting, Todd discusses liturgy and the proper ordering of love. You can view all of the excerpts from the winter class on our YouTube channel . From the class description: In an age of increasing dependence and formation by technology, it is perhaps more vital than ever that Christians grapple with the question, “What is a human being?” What does it mean to be human?

Keith D. Stanglin INTRODUCTION In this series of blog posts that addresses evangelical sacramental theology, first I would like to summarize briefly the traditional beliefs and practices with regard to the two sacraments in Churches of Christ (including Christian Churches and Disciples of Christ, all of which I will sometimes refer to with the increasingly outmoded but handy term, “Restorationists”), pointing out the combination of ideas that makes these “Restorationist” chur