Just wanted to drop a note and applaud you on your web site for making it clear to people that the Bible is very plain about salvation. Baptism is not a very tough subject, but false teachers make it that way. I just wish people would understand the difference in the works of merit and the works of faith. They really get Paul and James mixed up. I get so discouraged seeing all the false teaching about baptism especially. I just wanted to let you know that you make this Christian happy. Carry on!<\/p>\n\t
I appreciate the kind words of encouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Just wanted to drop a note and applaud you on your web site for making it clear to people that the Bible is very plain about salvation. Baptism is not a very tough subject, but false teachers make it that way. I just wish people would understand the difference in the works of merit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,52,47],"class_list":["post-25849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-baptism","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44375,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-answer-on-circumcision-and-how-it-relates-to-baptism-and-covenants-made-it-clear-to-me-why-baptism-is-necessary-for-salvation\/","url_meta":{"origin":25849,"position":0},"title":"Your answer on circumcision and how it relates to baptism and covenants made it clear to me why baptism is necessary for salvation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Someone asked about\u00a0the law of circumcision\u00a0and your answer was so helpful to me, especially in how it relates to covenants between man and God, then and now, with baptism. 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