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You’re reading into the passage what it doesn’t say. Romans 6 isn’t teaching that baptism causes us to be part of Christ—it’s showing what baptism represents. Paul uses baptism as a picture of what happens spiritually the moment we believe. We are united with Christ in His death and...

You’re making salvation complicated when God made it simple. The Bible says we’re saved by believing in Jesus, not by doing something with water. Peter wasn’t saying the act of baptism saves you, he clearly said it’s not about washing dirt off your body. It’s about having a clean heart before...

Yes. Baptism comes after salvation, not before or as part of salvation. The Bible is clear on that. The Ethiopian eunuch first believed, then he was baptized ~Acts 8:36–38. The jailer at Philippi “believed in the Lord Jesus” and was immediately saved. Then, after that, he and his household were...

“Ready to be baptized with the Spirit” is not biblical. The Bible never teaches the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a separate experience after salvation. When a person is born again, it is the Spirit Himself who baptizes and brings the believer into the body of Christ. Paul wrote, “For by one...

No, I did not agree. You’re adding what Scripture doesn’t say. The text of ~1 Peter 3:21 doesn’t make baptism the saving agent, it specifically separates the outward act from the inward faith. Peter says, “not the removal of dirt from the body,” but “the answer of a good conscience toward God.”...

You’re right that the Bible says a lot, but it never contradicts itself. The problem isn’t choosing favorite verses; it’s rightly dividing them ~2 Timothy 2:15. Scripture interprets Scripture, not emotion or assumption. The Ethiopian eunuch believed first before he was baptized. Philip said...

I did read your post, I do understand exactly what you are saying, but what you wrote is not biblical. Test everything by Sola Scriptura, Scripture interpreting Scripture, not emotion, tradition, or personal reasoning. You said that every apostle baptized only in the name of Jesus and that...

The Bible says we are saved, forgiven, and receive the Holy Spirit by believing in Jesus Christ, not by water baptism. “For by grace you have been saved through faith… not of works” (Ephesians 2:8–9). Baptism is an act of obedience, a way to publicly demonstrate your faith in Christ, but it does...

Mayor Johnson is incorrect both in his logic and in his analogy. The phrase “illegal alien” is not a racist or mythical slur, it is the statutory term set out in U.S. immigration law for decades, describing a person who has entered or remained in the country unlawfully. Words have meaning, but...

That’s an interesting take, but it really doesn’t have anything to do with my original post. I was talking about the danger of religious hypocrisy and false teachers who mock God’s truth, not about debate styles or formats. Let’s stay on topic, Scripture exposes false religion and calls for...

Kenneth Copeland is a false teacher because he perverts Scripture to spread the prosperity gospel, a teaching that instructs people to "speak things into existence" and to manipulate faith as a means to riches. The Bible tells us of teachers who "suppose that godliness is a means to gain" ~1...

The Spirit and the Word always agree. The same Spirit who lives in us is the One who breathed out Scripture.

True in one way, but a lot of people that use Christian lingo have not got Christ in their life. Jesus spoke against that: “This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me” ~Matthew 15:8. The problem is not that Christianity has “morphed.” It is that people have. The Word...

It is human nature to want to know why God does what He does, but the Bible says we won’t always see or understand. God says, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways” ~Isaiah 55:8-9. His ways are higher than our ways. That’s why Proverbs tells us, “Trust in the...

It is true that we are created in God’s image, and that is why we have the ability to reason, to discern, and to think morally and righteously. But in no way should that mean that we have a fraction of God’s wisdom or that our justice is equal to God’s. He simply said, “My thoughts are not your...

Your comparison between cultural customs and faith misses what Scripture actually teaches. Christianity isn’t a cultural label; it’s a spiritual rebirth. Jesus didn’t tell Nicodemus to “adopt a new culture.” He said, “You must be born again” ~John 3:7. A New Guinea bushman doesn’t need Western...

That seems fair at first, but it’s only half true. You are right that being wrong about secondary things does not by itself mean a person is lost. But Scripture draws a very sharp line between being wrong and being deceived into following another master. The Bible says that false belief...

You know you’re being deceived when your beliefs no longer line up with Scripture, and you stop letting the Word of God correct you.

That’s true that God will judge in perfect wisdom, but His Word already tells us how He will judge — and it’s not by vague sincerity or moral effort. It’s through Jesus Christ alone. “God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel” ~Romans 2:16. Romans 2:14–16 doesn’t...

You’re correct that only God decides who goes to Heaven. However, He has already given us the standard by which He judges in His Word. God never arbitrarily chooses on the basis of our feelings or circumstances. He always judges according to truth. “The word that I have spoken, the same shall...