Far be it from me to defend Sarah Palin’s NRA laugh line: “Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.” It summons up an image of forced baptism, something my forebears were sometimes made to undergo.

At the NRA’s last annual meeting, Sarah Palin uttered a sentence that raised the ire of some religious conservatives and some not so religious liberals. She said, "Well, if I were in charge, they ...

In the New Testament, Matthew 3:13-17 recounts John the Baptist's ministry of preaching and baptizing in the name of repentance to prepare the way of the Lord. Theologian David F. Wells, in his ...

So, Sarah Palin said this thing the other day about waterboarding and baptism. I wouldn’t bother bringing it up just to say that I, like so many others, find this disgusting. Mark Silk calls it “a ...

A California man assisting with a baptism in the Pacific Ocean was swept out to sea Sunday when two large waves overtook him and two other participants. The accident took place just before 10 a.m. PDT ...

(RNS) The new wording, approved on Sunday (July 13), only asks whether parents and godparents will "turn away from sin" and "reject evil." CANTERBURY, England (RNS) While Christians waited to learn ...

Editor's Note: During Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Jordan (May 24), he has invited Syrian refugees and disabled people to join him at the Jordan River Baptism site, revered by many Christians as ...

TULSA — A former Muslim who converted to Christianity has filed a civil lawsuit against a Tulsa church, arguing that leaders endangered his life by publishing his baptism announcement. The man, only ...

GUADALUPE, Calif. — Rescuers have ended their search for a 43-year-old man swept to sea during a baptism ceremony on a Southern California beach. The U.S. Coast Guard says the search was called off ...

Kinoreklame - Dåp from Fabel Media AS on Vimeo. STAVANGER, Norway, Oct. 28 (UPI) --A Norwegian vicar says a commercial featuring a flatulent baby rapping about being baptized is "one of the worst" ...

I was baptized in a swimming pool in my childhood pastor’s backyard. I was seven. Asked to make a confession of faith, I mumbled something incoherent through chattering teeth. I was focused on the ...