Baptism: Return or Redo? On the 500th Anniversary of the Anabaptist Movement
By Kelsi Klembara
01/21/25
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Baptism: Return or Redo? On the 500th Anniversary of the Anabaptist Movement

There is a “re” involved with baptism, but unlike the Anabaptists, it’s not a “re-do,” but a “re-turn" or a “re-member.”
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Thank God for Wesley Huff: Defending the Historicity of the Gospel

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