My granddaughter’s favorite song is “Tiny Tim.” The beginning lyrics are these: “I had a little turtle; his name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim. He drank up all the ...

The Bible repeatedly and undeniably connects baptism to redemption and salvation. It also closely identifies baptism and justification. Recently, I realized this all the more, in answering a ...

Question: John 3:22 records: "After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized." Who did Jesus baptize? - Community Bible Study, North ...

Matthew knew this story was scandalous: Jesus asked John to baptize him! Imagine what John's disciples did with this when they debated with Peter and the gang. (It's incomprehensible that the two ...

Last Friday we continued our look into the command Christ gave to His church, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20, the command that has come to be known as “the Great Commission.” We discovered that a ...

In asking to be baptized, Jesus exemplifies the Christian calling to follow along the path of humility and meekness rather than strutting about and being a showoff, Pope Francis said. Addressing ...

Last Friday we continued our look into the command Christ gave to His church, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20, the command that has come to be known as “the Great Commission.” We discovered that a ...

I was baptized on Palm Sunday in 1981. I wasn't yet a year old. That's how it was done in my childhood church; the sacrament was administered to adorable babies and confirmed by awkward 13-year-olds.

Mary McAleese, former president of Ireland, believes that babies shouldn't be baptized. To baptize an infant, she said, “imposes lifelong obligations of obedience to the Church's Magisterium.” In an ...

Our last words say a lot about our perspective on life and the world. When Jesus was crucified, his last words were, "It is finished." These words speak to the reality-altering power of the cross. The ...