Baptism - The Believer's Wedding Ceremony - Softcover

Smith, F Lagard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966006011 ISBN 13: 9780966006018

Publisher: 21st Century Christian, Inc., 2013

Synopsis

Drawing from the biblical picture of the church as the bride of Christ, F. LaGard Smith presents baptism as the believer's wedding ceremony with Christ. The result is a sublime view of baptism far surpassing traditional notions of dutiful obedience and magic-like ideas of baptismal regeneration. Through the wedding analogy, baptism is elevated to a personal proclamation of love and loyalty through which true spiritual conversion is given meaning and vitality. Baptism: The Believer's Wedding Ceremony is the most compelling book on the subject of baptism in recent years. More important, its sobering message about the crying need for personal faith and commitment provides the key for re-establishing a vibrant church in our time.

About this title

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From Introduction: This is a book about Christian fellowship. Who is a Christian? Who is not? With whom do we share kingdom participation as brothers and sisters in Christ? How should we regard those who have never been spiritually reborn in the same way as first-century believers? Indeed, how should we treat those who have in fact been born again into the kingdom?

About this edition

• Publisher: 21st Century Christian, Inc.
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0966006011
• ISBN 13: 9780966006018
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218