Tag: baptism
5 Things I Didn’t Know about Martin Luther (Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation)
You’ve probably heard that October 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s protest of abuses surrounding the Roman Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences. Luther’s publication of his 95 theses on 10/31/1517, which included Luther’s public offer to debate the topic, is generally regarded as the start of the Reformation movement. Today, every…
Baptism: GOD’s Beautiful Bridge from the Old to the New
Now that we’ve established how Jesus’ church is the promised second gathering foretold by the Prophets, let’s look at how baptism fits within the context of this series. Hopefully this will deepen your appreciation for how GOD has chosen to use baptism. … Welcome to the 29th post in my series of rethinking Christian eschatology. Because these…
5 Simple Yet Powerful Lessons I Learned from My First Sermon
Last week Dad brought me the cassette tape pictured with this article. It contains the recording of my first ever sermon. The date was January 29, 1995, Mom’s birthday weekend. I was 14 years old. Fourteen! Looking back on that experience 21 years ago, as of this writing, and the month of preparation leading up…
Today My Son Became GOD’s Son (Celebrating my son becoming a Christian)
It’s been a crazy week. Four people I know died, including my grandfather. My grandfather, who we affectionately called Papa, was 86 years old. He battled congestive heart failure and a host of other issues over the past few years and his body finally gave out. He and my grandmother were married for 68 years.…
The Joy of Your Child Being Saved (Proud parent moment)
Yesterday, I had the unsurpassable joy of baptizing my daughter Ashlyn into Jesus. The joy I feel is difficult to describe. When I awoke yesterday morning, I had no idea that it would be one of the best days of my life, all because of two events: Ashlyn is a kind, loving and thoughtful child.…
How Can I Know if I’m Saved?
“How can I know if I am saved?” There is perhaps no more important question. Ultimately, the only opinion that truly matters is GOD’s, for He is our Creator, Sustainer and Judge. So we shall look to Him for answers. Here are three simple, yet weighty questions a person should ask themselves when trying to…
If I (Only) Had 5 Minutes With You
Suppose for a moment that you had a captive audience with any living human on the planet that you didn’t already know. If you had five uninterrupted minutes—but only five minutes—with them where they would listen to anything you had to say, what would you say to them? Here is what I would like to say:…
Three Keys to Strengthening Christianity in America
Most people would agree that Christianity in America is not as strong as it once was. What can be done to strengthen Christianity in America? I offer three suggestions. … I recently noticed an article on my Twitter timeline which included a statistic that 75% of the United States population refers to themselves as being “Christian.” I had…
The Baptist Confession of Faith 1689
This creed is interesting as it pertains to baptism and salvation. Further research is needed and, for now, this is simply a placeholder for search purposes.
Biblical Baptism, Part 19 (Addressing Jeremy Myers’ views on baptism)
Welcome to the final post in my biblical baptism series. These posts build upon each other, so check out the previous ones here: Download series as a PDF Apologies: I haven’t gotten my downloads set up since migrating my website. Message me at webmaster [at] chasingalion [.] com and I’ll send you the PDF ASAP.…
