St. Francis Xavier, who lived 1506-1552, is represented in a stained glass window. Credit: CNS photo/Crosiers In 1552 in Yamaguchi, Japan, a group of recent Christian converts confronted St. Francis ...

In continuing this series on verses misused from the Bible, I have decided to tackle an idea that is somewhat controversial. It is controversial in the fact that there are some who believe the ...

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 ...

Practically every religious body in the world that claims to be Christian practices some form of baptism. There is by no means, however, widespread agreement on the subject. Who should be baptized, by ...

Protestants and Catholics proclaim the same good news but expect different responses. As a Baptist preacher’s kid, I never gave any serious thought to the question of whether Roman Catholics could be ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Baptism is one part of salvation process In response to letters on baptism, there are three things we must understand about the ...

A statistic that I have been hearing a lot is that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. In my case it has been 3 in 7. So, as you can imagine, I have spent a good amount of time trying to come to ...

Q. You state that salvation does not depend on baptism. This is totally inconsistent with what our Lord tells us in John 3:5: “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without ...

Some churches say Baptism is optional, but the New Testament teaches it is integral to the life of faith. Movies and tv shows have probably included more scenes of baptism than any other distinctly ...