When our son Adam was baptized, a sister [in the Lord, by the name of] Julie, went looking for a card to celebrate the baptism. Julie worked in downtown San Antonio, a city which is predominantly Hispanic and Catholic. She knew there was a “religious” shop near her office, and she assumed that she would be able to find a suitable card there. So off she went at lunch.
“Yes,” said the shopkeeper, an elderly and well-meaning lady, “we have many baptismal cards!” And she directed Julie to the card display. And there were many cards for “baptisms”, but they were all cards for the parents of infants who had been “baptized”, or more properly “[christened]”! With growing exasperation, Julie looked through card after card of beautiful babies, with sweet, sentimental words for the parents of such newborns.
And Adam was a “newborn” too. But he was a sixteen-year-old, six-foot, 200-pound “newborn”! None of these cards would work!
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Author: George Booker
Keywords: Baptism, Baptize, Water baptism, Believer's baptism, Priesthood of believers, Kings and priests, Kingdom of priests
Bible reference(s): 1 Pet. 2:5, Revelation 1:6, Rev. 5:10
Source: “Julie and the Baptismal Card”.
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