Don’t Downplay Obedience
Obedience (submitting to and keeping God’s commandments) is one of those concepts that can get downplayed because of how it sounds. If we “have to” obey, then love and grace…
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Baptism and Circumcision: An Important Distinction
Two passages are often conflated when thinking about the subjects of circumcision and baptism. Read these (and the greater contexts) first: Colossians 2:11-13: “In him also you were circumcised with…
Causation and Correlation in Salvation
I realize that causation and correlation are terms typically used in mathematics and statistics. There might be a correlation between two variables, but a change in those variables does not…
By Grace through Faith
Grace, faith, and obedience are brothers in the kingdom of God. Some seem to dismiss the need to obey completely because they see grace in a lopsided kind of way.…
Why Do We Teach the Importance of Baptism?
Baptism, which, biblically, is immersion, is not our design. We didn’t invent it as a practice. We didn’t come up with the reasons for doing it. We weren’t the ones…
Baptism and How We Read
Think about these two statements: Baptism has nothing to do with salvation. Baptism now saves you. Which is true? I was studying with some who were adamant in their opposition…
