A gracEmail subscriber asks, "Does baptism in the New Testament involve sprinkling, pouring or immersion?"
emergency baptism no problemA visitor to this website writes: "I had a friend who was dying with cancer, who was paralyzed and hooked up to tubes. She had never been baptized but she wanted to be. Given her immobility, a Church of Christ minister baptized her by pouring water over her head. She died shortly afterward. I feel responsible for the baptism and agonize in fear that it wasn't acceptable to God because it was not immersion."
God, not formula, the keyA gracEmail reader writes that his ... relative says that his baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is inadequate, and that he should be baptized "in the name of Jesus Christ." He also wonders if he should go to his relative's church, where people prophesy and speak in tongues.
what about rebaptism?A gracEmail reader writes, "I was baptized at age 16 in a Church of Christ. I am now attending a Baptist Church. I am enjoying the fellowship of these good Christians, but have not joined their church because I would have to be rebaptized.... Could you please give me your thoughts on this?"
who can baptize?A subscriber asks, "Why do some people say that the 'Go' of the Great Commission applies to all Christians, but the command to baptize is only for duly ordained pastors?"
spiritual disciplinesA gracEmail subscriber writes, "I have trouble keeping up the discipline to read my Bible and to pray daily.... It makes me think I've never been saved. Sometimes I think that if I just got rebaptized things would get better.... What can you recommend?"
origin of a baptismal tradition (two gracEmails)"Why," various readers have inquired, "do Churches of Christ emphasize baptism 'for the remission of sins,' as if that were its only biblical meaning?"