Baptized in Water

Mormon.org has a short summary of Mormon baptism:
Jesus Christ taught that we must be baptised by immersion. He set the example Himself by being baptised to “fulfill all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15).
We are baptised for the remission of sins. (Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16). We are also baptised to become members of the Church of Jesus Christ, [...]

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Following is a recent sermon Doug preached on baptism from Exodus 14:19-21

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For God baptism is an eternal reality. He did not make it up a mere 2,000 years ago with John the Baptist. Jewish sects were not the first to perform baptisms. Even the flood. . . even creation itself is but a mirror of baptism in heaven.
A lot of people can’t get [...]

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Lenny Kravitz’ Baptism.
Someone writing a blog about baptism ought to be up on how baptism finds its way into contemporary music. Lenny Kravitz writes a lot of spiritual music, including baptism. The self-proclaimed “Minister of Rock-n-Roll” sings about “The Resurrection,” and “The Other Side.” He’s “Calling All Angels,” as he waits [...]

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Baptism history is a battle usually waged over things like mode of baptism (i.e. immersion, sprinkling, pouring/effusion) or recipients of baptism (i.e. professing believers or also their infants). The armies usually use church history to try and figure out who has the earliest tradition on their side. A more foundational argument would go to [...]

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The Baptist Faith and Message is the Standard or Confession of Faith adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1925. Though not as robust as its predecessors, this confession still manages to say something of substance about baptism (unlike so many “statements of faith” you find in contemporary churches). Here is what it [...]

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In baptism meaning is critical. Orthodox scholars deny that baptism means salvation. That is, baptism is not equivalent to salvation, as if the act saves. But they do not deny that it points towards salvation via a sacramental union with the washing of the body and the washing away of our sins [...]

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I was doing a search this week in my Logos Bible software and came upon a most curious and interesting set of baptism prayers by one of the Church Fathers named Ephraim the Syrian (c.a. 306-373 AD). In his “Hymns for the Feast of the Epiphany 12” he writes the following:
1. In Baptism Adam [...]

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When we talk about a baptism rite, we are not asking if baptism is right (or wrong). The word “rite” refers to a prescribed and formal ceremonial act. Baptism is a rite in that it was prescribed by God in the Law (Ex 29:4), and renewed in new covenant fulfillment by Christ (Matt [...]

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Several Christian traditions teach that from the pure act of performing baptism salvation is achieved. Rome is the most well known. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) says, “By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins” (#1263). This must mean that salvation occurs, since not being baptized [...]

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