"And Jesus came and spake unto them ... being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him." ...

Baptism was not a new idea ... near the area where John was probably preaching. Some Bible scholars think that John may have had connections with this community. Matthew records that when Jesus ...

Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of life, no work upon earth, can attain.” All of God’s promises come together ...

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach ...

Why would we want a higher doctrine of scripture than we have of Jesus?

In terms of the Jesus tradition, then, to have Jesus either submit to baptism, or himself baptize others, suggests that we are part of a culture that was looking toward Temple purity as its ideal ...

After his baptism, Jesus went to the desert to ... but rather he wanted people to have true faith in him. Again Jesus replies with scripture, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” ...

The scribes (Scripture copyists), lawyers (experts ... The Holy Spirit enables people to prophesy (1:41, 67; 2:27), comes upon Jesus at his baptism (3:22) and he constitutes the gift of the ...