Some churches say Baptism is optional, but the New Testament teaches it is integral to the life of faith. Movies and tv shows have probably included more scenes of baptism than any other distinctly ...

A great opportunity to serve is within a church community. In 1 Peter 4:10, Christians are called to "serve others." But if a church says "no, you cannot serve because you have to take part in a ...

Anglicans often get into difficulties with baptism. On the one hand, there continues to be a difference of view between those who are happy with the Church’s policy of baptising people of any age (i.e ...

Questions around the meaning and practice of baptism have divided the church, and until recently questions around its importance, its efficacy, and key issues such as the baptism of children have led ...

Two ritual observances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, are maintained by members of the Church of Christ irrespective of their denomination or of their personal spiritual maturity. Whether these ...

Baptism is an important occurrence in the life of any Christian. Whether one is baptized as an adult, following a public confession of belief, or as an infant, under the faith-filled promises of ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Francis ...

Pope St. John Paul II, in his 2002 Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, proposed adding a fourth quintet of mysteries to be contemplated when praying the Rosary: the Luminous Mysteries. Leaving ...

"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 ...

Being the author of eternal salvation, the Lord has all right and authority to place conditions on that salvation. The writer of the book of Hebrews stated, “Though he were a Son, yet learned he ...

Depending on when and where you lived in church history, your answer to this question could have been a matter of life and death. The Anabaptists suffered persecution and sometimes death because of ...