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What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

Baptism: Immersion or sprinkling? Infants or adults? Does it matter?

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Why I’m Baptist

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When to Baptize Our Believing Children

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How Do My Unbaptized Children Relate to the New-Covenant Promises?

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What Does the Bible Say About Baptism?

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Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?

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How Important Is Church Membership?

All believers should join a church if possible, because the local church is an expression of the universal church.

How Do Circumcision and Baptism Correspond?

The way God constituted his people under the old covenant is different than how he does it today.

What Is Baptism and Does It Save?

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which…

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What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

Baptism: Immersion or sprinkling? Infants or adults? Does it matter?

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When to Baptize Our Believing Children

When to Baptize Our Believing Children

When to Baptize Our Believing Children

Baptized members, in a congregational church, must be able to stand in the assembly of saints on their own two feet. Which has implications for when we baptize our believing children.

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Why I’m Baptist

Why I’m Baptist

Why I’m Baptist

First, be a Bible-guided Christian. Second, embrace the Bible-rooted doctrines of grace. Third, come to your convictions on baptism.

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