When I get down and think our work in vain, and not worth the struggle, it helps to reflect back on the amazing things God has done in our past. The God of yesterday's victories is the same today, and forever. So let us rejoice and be glad in Him. Our toil and labor are NOT IN VAIN! I remember being...

It's not often I read, let alone quote the Sun. So pick yourself up off the floor and take a look now here: Jade Goody vows to see her sons' baptism | The Sun |News:This just shows how hard it can be to know what's going on in any news story. There are a number of different ways to read this one: it...

The Bible teaches that sinners are saved by faith alone in Christ alone. The moment I make this statement an array of emotions are invoked and people will line up to make the case that what I said is not true.  The reasons people think this statement is untrue can be narrowed down to two major l...

There are some who say that we cannot come to God, it is only by Him coming to us that we are saved.  While it is true that we are only saved because of His coming to us in Jesus, it does not follow then that we cannot come to Him.  In fact, we come to Him because He came to us, but we are still c...

A couple of verses that have been used in the anti-baptism argument come from Romans 10. The first is found in Romans 10:9 - “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” That seems pret...

"you begin to understand it [the impact of one's baptism] in the encounter with a living Christian companionship" (Julián Carrón). "Baptism is the sacrament of faith. But faith needs the community of believers. It is only within the faith of the Church that each of the faithful can believe. The fa...

"This prefigured baptism, which saves you now.It is not a removal of dirt from the bodybut an appeal to God for a clear conscience,through the resurrection of Jesus Christ," (NAB, Second Reading March 1, 2009) It's always interesting to hear from others what the Catholic Church teaches about bapti...

The flood was the prefiguring of the baptism we now share with Christ, and which we prepare to renew in this holy season. My homily for this weekend is posted here....

When Jesus gave the great command of the great commission He said “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all [...]...

John Mark Hicks wrote a post I want you to read: CLICK HERE It is very informative. Royce...