Tag: Baptism
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Why were You Baptized?
Introduction A friend once related a story about going to a Summer Bible Camp and a young girl came up to him and announced that she had just been baptized. He was very happy to hear it and she replied by saying, “Yeah, I get saved every year.” A lot of people who get baptized…
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How Were you Taught and Baptized?
Introduction In a previous article, we looked at teaching and baptism from the teacher’s side of things. The fact that you teach first, then baptize, then teach some more. In this article, we’ll look at it from the student’s point of view and ask how you were taught and then baptized. Some people may be…
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T.B.T.S.M.
Introduction Following on the heels of the previous article, we have this acronym to encourage Christians and their prospects. The letters above stand for Teach, Baptize, and Teach Some More. In the article below we’ll look at each part of this acronym and explain its importance. Teach In Rom. 10:14-17 the apostle Paul writes, How…
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You Must DO Something!
Today’s Monday Bible Meme is Two-for-One opportunity. Both of the memes discuss the necessity of belief and action for salvation. The caption reads: “God is in control, but he doesn’t expect you to lean on a shovel and pray for a hole.” This is the epitome of “Faith only” salvation. No work is required, just…
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No Appointment Necessary
Introduction There are some who believe that you must wait for the assembly of the local congregation to come together before they are able to be baptized. There is nothing in scripture to support that. In Catholicism, the idea of the season of Lent is to allow prospects the chance to study for 40 days…
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The Conversions in Acts
Complete Article Series Early last year, I wrote a series of article on the different conversions found in the book of Acts. You can easily find all of the articles in that series on this easy-to-find blog entry. Conversion in Acts; Series Introduction The 3000 on Pentecost Simon and The Samaritans The Ethiopian Eunuch Saul…
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What Must I do to be Saved?
Introduction Not every religious blog or website is going to have the information available for those who are interested in becoming a Christian. There are those who will simply tell you to pray the “Sinner’s Prayer”, and that automatically makes you saved. But there is no example, in the New Testament, of an individual becoming…
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John’s Disciples in Ephesus
Conversions in Acts, Part 8 Introduction This is usually not listed as part of any sermon series on conversion. I added it here because it helps answer a question that brethren, today, might have concerning their baptism. Please read Acts 18:24-28; 19:1-7. Meet Apollos During Paul’s second preaching tour, he encountered a husband-and-wife team of…
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The Philippian Jailer
Conversion in Acts, Part 7 Introduction In the latter half of chapter 16, we come to the next conversion. How it comes about is rather interesting but is, essentially, the start of Paul’s frequent “Jail Time”. Read Acts 16:15-40. The Profitable Prophetess As Paul and Silas, went to a place of prayer, a young slave…
The Christian Caravan 