Baptism

Who Needs Water Baptism - Huey Hartsell (6/8/10) Download it or use the embedded player. On June 8, 2010, Huey Hartsell presented a lesson to the Jamestown church of Christ (Jamestown, IN) regarding what the Bible teaches about water baptism.
Study of Catholicism - Greg Litmer (12/5/09) Download it or listen using the embedded player. On September 20, 2008, Greg Litmer presented a Study of Catholicism to the Jamestown church of Christ (Jamestown, IN). The study covered: Infant Baptism, Veneration of Mary, and Infallibility of the Pope
Basics of Baptism (10/27/09) Study the Bible to find out if these things are true about the one baptism (Ephesians 4:5):
"Water Baptism Has Nothing to do With Salvation": A Response (10/22/09) The website of the Victory Baptist Church (Mooreseville), pastored by Tony York, says, “Water baptism has nothing to do with salvation.” This is also the teaching of practically every denomination that you can find in the phonebook. Compare this statement with Scripture, then consider a...
Purpose of the One Baptism (10/22/09) While it may appear that there are many reasons for baptism, in reality, all of the reasons listed below mean the same thing. To be saved means the same as to have sins washed away. Those mean the same as being in one body and being in Christ. Knowing that, consider God’s revealed purpose for...
There is One Baptism (Ephesians 4:5) (10/22/09) Read Ephesians 4:4-6. A Muslim will say “I believe in God,” but for many reasons, the God in which he believes is not the “One God” of Scripture. Likewise, we read of one baptism. Men have changed many things since God revealed this baptism, resulting in other baptisms. The...
The Thief on the Cross (10/22/09) People give a variety of reasons for rejecting the Bible’s association between baptism and remission of sins. Some claim that since the thief on the cross was saved without being baptized, so can we. The thief may, or may not, have been baptized earlier (Mark. 1:5; John 3:22). Either way, to...
Jesus' Baptism (10/22/09) People give a variety of reasons for rejecting the Bible’s association between baptism and remission of sins. Some claim that since Jesus’ baptism was not for the remission of sins then neither is ours. It is true Jesus was not bapt for the remission of sins but to avoid twisting the...
How Do I Become a Member of the Church of Christ? (10/12/09) Or, What Must I Do To Be Saved?   Introduction You might be surprised by the title—that being in the church and being saved are synonymous concepts, but that is clearly the teaching of Jesus and the apostles as recorded in Scripture.
Nadab & Abihu and Things Not Commanded (10/8/09) Why did these men die? Murder? Profaning the Sabbath? The text says they offered fire which God commanded them not.