By Larry Ray Hafley In a television interview in Nashville, Tennessee, July 2, 1997, Max Lucado said: I believe in baptism. Jesus was baptized. The Bible teaches baptism. I just don’t believe that baptism saves you. I believe that Jesus Christ saves us. And baptism is one of those ways we celebrate our salvation. It’s really …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
The Prophet Haggai
By Clinton Douglas III With the Babylonian exile in the past, God’s people had returned to their home land with full intentions of rebuilding the temple. However, after laying only the foundation, the work came to a squelching halt. Due to discouragement, despondency, and carnality, some six-teen years passed and the project was not finished. Not …
Our Redeemer
By Olen Holderby Isaiah 59:20 predicts, “And the redeemer shall come to Zion”; however, the word “redeemer” is not found in the New Testament, though the idea is there. Paul tells us that the Lord “gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity” (Fit. 2:14). The one who redeems would certainly be …
Baptized For The Dead
By Luther Everett It has been said that there are as many interpretations of 1 Corinthians 15:29 as there have been commentators. While I find this a little hard to believe, it is true that this verse has been the subject of much speculation. Indeed, it is a very difficult passage which does not lend itself …