Baptism is the Christian religious ceremony where water is either sprinkled or poured upon a person, or that person is immersed in water. It is the right of initiation into the Christian community. It symbolizes the person's identification with the death, burial, and...
In my discussions with people who hold to the idea that baptism is necessary for salvation, I've discovered various things over the years. Recently I had two in-depth conversations with members of the Church of Christ who said that baptism in water by immersion is...
We should be baptized because it is what Jesus commanded and it is a sign and seal of our faith in Him. Baptism is a public ceremony conducted by Christians where one person either dunks another person in water or, as some denominations practice, sprinkles or pours...
There is nothing in the Bible that states who can or cannot perform baptisms. But, generally speaking, it is the accepted manner to have clergy do them. One of the reasons is because the elders are the ones who are in charge in the church. They're the ones who rule...
In Acts 2:38, Peter tells the crowd to express their repentance in water baptism. There is no doubt that the context here is referring to physical baptism in water and not the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Teachers who attempt to say otherwise are generally either...
Occasionally there are those who for some unknown reasons will try and maintain that water baptism stopped after John the Baptist. Sometimes it is asserted that the true baptism is Spirit baptism which replaces water baptism. Sometimes Ephesians 4:5 is cited which...
No, the word "baptism" does not always mean immersion. There are several New Testament usages that clearly have different meanings. Let's take a look. Trouble Mark 10:38, "But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the...
Paedobaptism (pedobaptism) is the practice of baptizing infants. The Greek word pais means "child." There are differences of beliefs among churches that practice paedobaptism on what happens to the child when it is baptized. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that...
This question is for those who believe that baptism is necessary for salvation. Let's say there is a person who has recognized his sin, acknowledges that Jesus Christ is God in flesh, that he died on the cross, that he physically rose from the dead, and that he has...
There is much debate within Christianity on the proper mode of baptism. Some Christians believe sprinkling is acceptable while others believe that only immersion is acceptable. According to Strong's Concordance, the word βαπτίζω, ‘baptizo,' is translated as . . ....