“We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.” WorldMaySelfDiesChristSinPlansAmbitionDiedRoseSignificanceNew LifeMartyrBaptism Author:Vance Havner
“Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step further in religion.” PeopleMenMayMovingStepsBaptism Author:Alcuin
“Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Suffering can be likened to a baptism - the passing over the threshold of pain and grief and anguish to claim a new state of being.” WellsMayStatesPainSufferingGriefClaimsPassingPassingsAnguishThresholdBaptismUnspeakableRegenerationInitiation Author:George Eliot