This Sunday's lectionary reading in Year A is the baptism of Jesus from Matt 3.13–17. It is a short and compact reading, and ...

Baptism Scriptures - "You Must Be Born Again" Baptism is a significant and widely known symbolic practice in the Christian Church. There are several things that Scripture teaches us about baptism: 1.

Our Lord’s baptism offers a beautiful opportunity to reflect on the graces we receive through the sacrament of baptism. In seminary, one of our professors taught us a little shortcut to help us ...

Dr. Roger Barrier describes the biblical doctrine of the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" as the following: The Baptism of the Holy Spirit occurs at conversion (1 Corinthians 12:13; 6:19). It is not ...

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The people were filled with expectation." That is how Luke described the excitement around John the Baptist. When do we experience such public emotion? Doesn't it seem easier to unite around something ...

“The people were filled with expectation.” That is how Luke described the excitement around John the Baptist. When do we experience that sort of public emotion? Doesn’t it seem easier to unite around ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Divine right of infant baptism, concisely proved from the Holy Scriptures; and objections answered. A sermon, delivered by Jeremiah Day, A.M. Pastor of the Church of New-Preston. (Published by request ...