Many devout Christians spend the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday attending a variety of services. We also know ...

The apostle Paul said, “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead…” (Romans 6: 4 in the Bible) We promise to do certain things ...

"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." ...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit represents a foundational work of God where believers are united with Christ and fellow ...

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 ...

Jesus also came to save from sin. He came to make it possible for us to share in his own divine life and sonship. This new life in Christ begins in the sacrament of baptism. However, God the ...

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.” ...