Here are some key New Testament verses about baptism ... they may see baptizing their children as part of God’s ongoing covenant with his people. There is no direct mention of infant baptisms in the ...

Yes, good Samaritans, younger than I, who understand the promise of reciprocity. For, dear Reader, they trust a future trade with a batch of warm, mocha pecan scones from my oven, or bread-and-butter ...

The Anabaptism at 500 project has, as its centerpiece, the Anabaptist Community Bible ... theologically in infant baptism, as many continue to do, you still face the huge question of what it means for ...

An unusual partnership between a Black Baptist church and a white Presbyterian church, born out of need, has become an experiment in bridging America's racial divides.

Two churches aim to come together across differences of faith, race, and class. It’s a test of the unifying power of a belief ...

[CCC 491] God calls us to become His adopted children and sharers ... Similarly Jesus underwent John's "baptism of repentance" even though sinless. The main Bible text that suggests this doctrine ...

The Church celebrates the Sunday of the Word of God this week, and Msgr. Joseph Prior shows how the Scriptures are integral to every Mass. In the words of the Bible, God mysteriously speaks to us in ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Your baptism does the same for you. In your baptism, God anointed you – he marked you as his chosen son or daughter. You are a baptized child of God. You have been washed of all your sins in ...

1221 But above all, the crossing of the Red Sea, literally the liberation of Israel from the slavery of Egypt, announces the liberation wrought by Baptism: You freed the children of Abraham from ...

1 Corinthians 10:31 Related: 50+ Bible Verses About Faith 46. "Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.” — Proverbs 17:6 47. "For He made Him ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing ... the Holy Father said parents must serve children with sacraments and prayers. “Today, each of you, parents ...