Posts Tagged ‘Baptism’
On Being Baptized Again
Throughout my ministry, there have been several times when I’ve been asked a question like this: “Pastor, I was saved and baptized early in life. After a period of not following the Lord faithfully, I’ve now been seeking to take my walk with Christ more seriously. Should I be baptized again?” I recently had the…
Read MoreHalf a Millennium of Believers Baptism
Less than two years from today will bring us to an incredible 500-year anniversary that should be remembered by God’s people: January 21, 1525, was the day that saw many brave Anabaptists receive baptism as believers. Among those baptized at that time were Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, and George Blaurock. “The newly baptized then pledged…
Read MoreTogether for the Gospel? Thoughts on Baptism and Christian Unity
Recently Joe Rigney, president of Bethlehem Baptist Seminary, argued that infant baptism need not be an absolute bar for membership in a Baptist church. If Christians of various persuasions can get “together for the Gospel,” why can’t they get together in the church? By Rigney’s thinking and in the spirit of catholicity they can if…
Read MoreActs 2:38 and Baptismal Regeneration
Wally Morris The question of whether baptism is necessary for salvation is a question with which many Christians struggle. The connection between baptism and Christian testimony is ingrained in the culture of many people. For example, if you ask someone if they are a Christian or if they think they will be in heaven one…
Read MoreBaptist Fundamentals – The Significance of the Ordinances
Emory W. Hunt, D. D., LL. D. President of Bucknell University I need not enumerate them. In this company I need spend no time on the reasons why we do not include among the ordinances ordination, marriage, feet-washing, and the laying-on of hands. It is perfectly clear that from the earliest days the entrance upon…
Read MoreBaptism – An Enacted Sermon
Don Johnson Recently I had the privilege of baptizing three young men upon their professions of faith. This is one of the great joys and privileges of Christian ministry and marked a red-letter day in our ministry. On that Sunday, in the providence of God we came upon some thoughts published by the late Dr.…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Janos Lajos
David Potter While hardly anyone has ever heard of Janos Lajos (John Louis), he should be remembered as a Baptist hero. A group of earnest Christians met for Bible study and prayer in Lajos’ home in Salonta, in what is now Bihoria, in the western region of Transylvania in Romania. In the early 1870’s, they…
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