Baptized in Water

The Shepherd of Hermes (80-150 AD) in the Apostolic Fathers collection uses baptism as a metaphor of how God builds his church. Referring to the church as a “tower being built upon the waters out of shining square stones,” he says that each stone was “dragged from the deep” and “placed in the building [...]

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Is baptism sacrament or memorial? Obviously, it is a memorial. Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” But is it more than this? To answer correctly, we need to define a “sacrament.” If we mean something regenerating a soul and/or creating faith, then we deny it. But if [...]

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What is Lutheran baptism? When you read Augsburg Confession, it appears that it is not much different than Roman baptism. Art 9.1-2 say, “Of Baptism [our churches] teach that it is necessary to salvation, and that through Baptism is offered the grace of God, and that children are to be baptized who, being [...]

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This website is designed to be your own personal theological baptism immersion. If you just sprinkle yourself here and there with a line or two from a blog post here or there, you will never know the depths into which God has poured these spiritual waters. However, if you immerse yourself (this is [...]

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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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