If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
An evangelical minister has had to resign after pictures surfaced showing him in a hot tub with two women. He claimed it… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Knowing that there is one Baptism, we who hold the head and root of the One Church know for certain that to… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Baptism by water leads to the authorized opportunity for the constant companionship of the third member of the Godhead. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Thomas More rarely discussed his siblings, and two of them are never mentioned by him. It is likely that they were part… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Baptism with water is the sign and seal of baptism with the Spirit, as much as it is of the forgiveness of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word… — Louis Berkhof Copy Share Image
“How do you know yourself to be a son of God in fact as well as in name?” Answer: “Because I am… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When Satan cannot get a great sin in he will let a little one in, like the thief who goes and finds… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Whereas there can be but one Baptism, they think they can Baptize; they have abandoned the fountain of life, yet promise the… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Under the leadership of religious professionals, modern worship has become passive—listening to a message and singing some songs. Seldom is there a… — Craig Olson Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to baptize little children, that the promise of salvation may be applied to them, according to Christ’s command to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
John's baptism...was a radical act of individual commitment to belong to the true people of God, based on personal confession and repentance...… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Baptism has always been a compound act absorbing cultural patterns into itself: it has taken on definite shape in various cultures, shaping… — Adian Kavangh Copy Share Image
There are two sides to this Baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you. — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
Take Jesus for your king, and by baptism swear allegiance to him; take him for your prophet, and hear him; take him… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Is it possible for an unbaptized believer to be saved? Yes, definitely. Should every believer be baptized? Yes, definitely. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“The degree you need to work for GOD and to be qualify for HIS kingdom is Water and the HOLY SPIRIT Baptism” — James C. Uwandu Copy Share Image
Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one… — Alcuin Copy Share Image
“When death cuts all other links, there remains the name. Baptism: the union of a soul with a name, the name it… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — Ira Gershwin Copy Share Image
Christian living means dying with Christ and rising again. That, as we saw, is part of the meaning of baptism, the starting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
All places are places of worship to a Christian. Wherever he is, he ought to be in a worshiping frame of mind. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Five types of baptism are mentioned in the New Testament, though only two of the five have to do with water. No… — Larry E Dryer Copy Share Image
I consider it a degradation and a stain on my honor to submit to baptism in order to qualify myself for state… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
![“[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into whom he did also command them to be baptized for the remission of sins.” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d43/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_baptism_peter-testified-to-the-jews-in-acts-2-th_376225.png)
![“[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word with its inherent divine power, a gracious water of life, a washing of regeneration. Through this divine efficacy of the Word the sacrament effects regeneration.” quote by Louis Berkhof](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c7c/louis-berkhof-46254_baptism_martin-luther-did-not-regard-the-water-i_2291223.jpg)
