Baptism has a marginal role in this picture. Yet baptism is central to the Christian life: commanded by Jesus, taught by the apostles, and honored, practiced, and contemplated from church fathers ...

Last Sunday was one of the most special days of my life - I had the incredible privilege of baptizing both my son and daughter. As a pastor, baptizing my own children wasn’t just part of my duty; it ...

In these first two weeks of Lent, we've begun a new stage of our Holy Year pilgrimage. We've seen human frailty and the glory ...

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 ...

Matthew records that when Jesus asked John to baptise him, John was reluctant to do so. This could be for the following reasons: baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and ...

On a similar issue, some object to infant baptism, claiming it to be invalid since an infant is too young to willfully accept Jesus. To address these issues on baptism, we need to begin with the ...

Baptism has a marginal role in this picture. Yet baptism is central to the Christian life: commanded by Jesus, taught by the apostles, and honored, practiced, and contemplated from church fathers like ...

Isn’t that the reason why we study the Bible? Within its pages, we learn how to be the best person the Lord created us to be.

Jesus was part of the crowd around John and was baptized by John. In Luke’s account, in prayer and subsequent to his baptism, ...