Baptism Quotes

Yes, I did get such an offer. As soon as an opportunity arises for the Prime Minister - he is a very busy man - the [baptism] ceremony will take place. - Andriy Shevchenko

With soap, baptism is a good thing. - Robert Green Ingersoll

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, / Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. - Bible

When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin. - Olympia Dukakis

When I was a girl, all we knew was this neighborhood... The beaches were ?whites only.? So Turkey Creek is where we went to fish, pick blackberries, recreate. Oftentimes you could see old people walking down to Turkey Creek with their cane poles in their hands. Churches had no pools inside for baptisms then?we all walked down to the creek and waited until the crowd got there. - Rose Johnson

When I held you in my arms at your baptism, I wanted it to be a fresh start, for you to be more complete than we had ever been ourselves, but I wonder if we expected too much. - Richard Olton

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? / God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? / Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? / Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. - Bible

We're continuing to encourage churches, to make them aware that we'd really like to hear from them but ... it's a whole change in behavior in what we're asking them to do because for years they've only reported (baptisms) at the end of the year. - Jay Johnston

We did that on purpose. We wanted to give them baptism by fire and I'd say so far we passed the test so far. - Joe Battista

Water brings life, it refreshes, purifies, regenerates, bears fruit and also reminds us of our own baptism. - Phillip Saunders