The core verse for this week comes from the words of Peter on the day when the Good News of Jesus was shared with a huge crowd for the very first time.   When Peter was done, the crowd was cut to heart in Acts 2. The Holy Spirit had moved among the crowd and they knew they had to respond but they did not know how.  So they asked Peter what they must do.  “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”  

Baptism is focused on throughout the New Testament.  Paul and the apostles emphasized it.  Jesus was baptized and commanded us to baptize others. How could we have made something so straightforward and simple, into something so controversial for some faith traditions and completely ignored by others?  

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