the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. – Acts 16:33 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then…
As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” Acts 8:26-40 This world may seem to be coming unglued, with so much out of balance at the moment. It is unsettling to have restrictions placed…
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It's all about Jesus, it's all about love, it's all about living faith out loud, and it's all about our life - this wonderful life - as faithful disciples, walking in The Way!
If you are one of those people who leaves your spirituality on the back burner, and who believes there are dozens of more interesting or rewarding things to do on a Sunday that make church an increasingly unlikely choice, then I have to say, simply, "Come and see."
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.…
We are called to be God's light and love in this often dark and broken world. Our ministry is not criticism, or judgment, but reconciliation, healing, and grace.
Sunday turned out to be a busy day, with enough adventure material to cover at least three posts. Instead, though, I'll summarize and share a few photos.
Baptism doesn't save anybody, and we don't do anything - can't do anything - to earn God's generous love; instead it's God's initiative, God's great love, and Christ's redemptive work that has opened the way for us to respond to this invitation to live! Baptism is a sign and a seal of the New Covenant, an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual truth.
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“Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” – Acts 8:37 I love the freshness that comes with a good, long, soaking rain. The air is clear, the plants look stronger, the coating of pollen and dust is washed away; you can just breathe in the sense of growth and possibility. It’s like…
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What an idea! That churches become leaders in reconciliation, rather than standing as more sad evidence of the brokenness that is destroying this world....
