Tag: baptism

  • My Own Baptism of Fire (John the Baptist, On Abandonment)

    My Own Baptism of Fire (John the Baptist, On Abandonment)

    But fire— / 
fire is what happens / 
when God no longer explains Himself / 
and remains worthy of trust anyway…

  • Goodbye, Death (Resurrecting Parts)

    Goodbye, Death (Resurrecting Parts)

    The self-hating thing / Now appears / As a self-emptying man // Waiting for us / Waiting for me…

  • Baptism of Fire: The Shortest Catechism

    Do you want to be a disciple of Jesus?

  • 2/13 Poem: Fire-Baptized

    It’s hard enough / Being baptized by water… // The baptism of fire’s / A whole ‘nother level…

  • Lesson 1/6: You and God (Anjali’s Catechism)

    The Gospel: God Loves Us Like Jesus You are an amazing person.  You have a lot in common with other people, but there is nobody quite like you. You have a body.  Head, fingers, toes, belly button. You have a soul.  You think.  You feel.  You want. You have a spirit.…

  • Rohan’s Baptismal Creed

    Dear God, I confess that you love me better than I can ever love myself. Please forgive me for putting myself first instead of loving you with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, and my neighbor as myself. I am sorry for not listening to and obeying you, and…

  • Evangel, Part IV: The Bad News

    Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live…

  • LEAD! A.10 Soul’s Sanctification

    In Which We Are Set Apart For Obedience to Jesus, And Suffer For It — Becoming Holy in The Process This week we round out our discussion on salvation and conviction by focusing on sanctification, or holiness, words that include being both “set apart” and “made righteous.” The overall idea…

  • LEAD! A.6 Father’s Kingdom

    In Which We See God Creating His World, and Our Place In It The overriding theme of our journey has been exploring what it means to be “baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” Having dealt (however superficially) with the ontological aspects of that “name”, we…

  • LEAD! A.5 God’s Tri-Unity

    LEAD! A.5 God’s Tri-Unity

    In Which We Discover The Persons Who Make up the Godhead, and How They Relate to Us We believe in one God, consisting of one substance — one name, one identity, and one character — sometimes called the Godhead. Yet, that name is expressed through three distinct persons, as illustrated…

  • LEAD! A.1 God’s Word

    LEAD! A.1 God’s Word

    [Based on feedback, this study will actually become the first lesson, prior to God’s Commission] In Which We Discover How God Speaks to Us, and Why We Ought to Listen to Him [Updated Sunday, August 3rd]

  • LEAD! A.2 God’s Commission

    LEAD! A.2 God’s Commission

    In Which We Discover God’s Call For Us As Leaders, And What Theology Has To Do With It