The Bible repeatedly and undeniably connects baptism to redemption and salvation. It also closely identifies baptism and justification. Recently, I realized this all the more, in answering a ...

As Christians worldwide look toward a series of major 2,000-year milestones culminating in 2033, marking the death and ...

AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — 'We decided on a biblical village theme that attempts to re-create a 2,000-year-old experience,’ said an official in charge of developing the site. AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — Jordan ...

This Sunday’s Gospel reading offers us the perfect lesson for this second week of Advent. John the Baptist is preaching along the Jordan River, and people from all over Judea are coming to hear him.

DEGANYA, Israel _ At the Alumot Dam on the edge of Kibbutz Deganya, a cooperative community located a couple of miles south of the Sea of Galilee, you can smell the Jordan River long before you see it ...

Baptism is an outward sign of an inward decision. It signifies a dying to the old man as you are plunged underwater and a new birth into spiritual life in Christ. We baptize people to commemorate a ...

Opinion - Water baptism is an important aspect of Christianity. And though it is meant for every child of God, yet it generates controversy among the men of God. Even Jesus Christ, the Son of God had ...

This Sunday, two women will take part in a ceremony at Salem Church that will be performed by the pastor in front of hundreds of people. It will be a joyful time and both be dressed in white. When ...

In the best-known line of his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln expressed his desire to bind up the nation’s wounds “with malice toward none; with charity for all.” A few sentences before, in ...