True, firm belief in Jesus Christ is an essential condition for receiving Christian baptism, he argues, and those who are reborn in Christ commit themselves to maintaining and deepening their faith in a world where they will be confronted with many arguments seeking to undermine it.
When I am reading texts that interest me, mostly the four gospels, the book of Acts and select works of contemporary positive psychology, I often enjoy particularly affirming moments when brief verses or phrases 'speak to me'. This was my experience when I read an article about 'Water Baptism' at the Church Junction website:
