Immersion is something different ... Only a few miles from where John baptized Jesus is the oldest continually lived-in city on earth — Jericho. Thus when Jesus began his public ministry ...

During Jesus's time, there were religious groups ... In contrast, Orthodox and Evangelical churches prefer baptism by immersion, with the baptized being fully submerged in water.

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an ... were determined to have a water baptism immersion ceremony.

By submitting to immersion in water ... his audience on the day of Pentecost to “Repent, and be baptized … in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38), and each ...

When a person is baptized, God is assuring them that they are washed of all their sins through faith. So, again I ask: Why was Jesus baptized? Jesus is God in every way. Jesus never sinned even once.

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

I thought about the family response to these characters as I studied the Gospel accounts of Jesus' baptism. All four make a connection between John and Jesus, but only Mark and Matthew admit that ...

The baptism of Jesus Christ was obviously not necessary to cleanse him of sins, but it was needed to set an example for Christians and begin Jesus’ ministry. The Revs. Ben Ford and Kathryn ...

Since the beginning of Christianity, baptism and Jesus’ resurrection have been tied closely together. Easter Sunday — the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ — has been a ...