Quotes of: Baptism Keyword

Purity of heart is what enables us to see.

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments. The Lord will not prepare more people for baptism if we are not converting the ones we have.

Richard G. Scott

I remember the day of my baptism very vividly. I was baptized in the baptismal font in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. Those who were being baptized put on white coveralls, and one by one were gently taken down the steps into the water.

James E. Faust

Bishop Hostettler explained that baptism was not the means by which one is saved, but simply an outward sign of salvation. Just as an Amishman’s beard is an indication of his marriage and commitment to his wife, so baptism symbolizes our covenant w...

Amish by Accident

It is not necessary that faith and repentance should always precede baptism. They are only required from those whose age makes them capable of both. It will be sufficient, then, if, after infants have grown up, they exhibit the power of their baptism...

John Calvin

Religion needs a baptism of horse sense.

Billy Sunday

As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we ...

Saint Basil

I've had a lot of baptism by fire.

Donna Murphy

Torrance uses the analogy of an embrace. When we hug someone, there is a double movement. We open our arms and in so doing give ourselves to the beloved. But in the embrace we also draw that person close to us...One hand, Christ, opens the relationsh...

Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Ken Kesey

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.

Samuel Butler

The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is to this image that the life of the disciples must be conformed; in other words, they must be conformed to his death (Phil 3.10, Ro...

The Cost of Discipleship

The early Mormons were even less concerned about ministerial training. On several occasions, a man heard a discourse, submitted to baptism and confirmation, received a call to priesthood, and was sent on a mission - all on the same day. Canadian Samu...

The Democratization of American Christianity

We are members of God’s family. One faith, one hope and one baptism.

Beautiful Quotes

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

H. L. Mencken

One Lord, one faith and one baptism.

Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

The saving ordinance of baptism must be administered by one who has proper authority from God.

David A. Bednar

Any investigator worthy of baptism becomes a convert worthy of saving.

Gordon B. Hinckley

In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver.

Debi Mazar

Hot dogs and Communion at the Hope Rescue Mission. I will always think of the body of Christ now with this scene in mind. Doctors and housewives and professors in nice shoes and brightly colored sweaters shuffling to the table together with men and w...

Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship

The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior's Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.

James E. Faust