" We're justified by faith Scripture also says baptism saves. So which is it? Mr. Lammiman proposes that we examine the faith that justifies What Mr Lammiman seeks not only to provide answers from Scripture but also to demonstrate "how things got changed." "

Contents
  INTRODUCTION   9
ABBREVIATIONS    12
CHAPTER ONE — HELP!    15
  You've Got a Problem   15
  Help Is on the Way    18
CHAPTER TWO — WHICH IS IT?    23
  "Justified by Faith"   23
  Baptism Saves    24
  Which Is It?    25
  Faith and Baptism Together in Scripture   28
CHAPTER THREE — FAITH AND BAPTISM BECOME
SEPARATED    31
   Pulled Apart by "Sacrament"    31
   Kept Apart by "Faith Alone"    39
   Baptism and Faith's Tug-of-War    43
CHAPTER FOUR—BAPTISM WITHOUT PERSONAL FAITH    47
   Infant Baptism — Three Views    48
CHAPTER FIVE — BAPTISM WITHOUT PERSONAL FAITH
(CONCLUDED)    59
   A "Theology" of Infant Baptism    59
   "Authorities"   68
   The Point Is . . . ?    69
   Two Concerns   69
CHAPTER SIX — THE FAITH THAT JUSTIFIES   71
   Faith in What?   72
   Faith is ...    72
   Faith — Where Does It Come From?    74
   Faith Makes a Difference    80
   Obedience, Required?    81
CHAPTER SEVEN — THE BAPTISM THAT DEMONSTRATES THE
FAITH THAT JUSTIFIES    91
   Other Than a Water Ritual, What Is Baptism?    93
   Baptism Demonstrates the Faith that Justifies    98
   Baptism as Moral Response    99
   Baptism Is Something We Do    103
   Baptism As Commitment    105
CHAPTER EIGHT — ROADBLOCKS    109
   Baptism a "Sacrament"?    109
   Baptism a "Work"?    111
   Faith Alone: Faith-All-by-Itself?    112
CHAPTER NINE — BAPTISM — A MEANS TO THE END    121
   A Means of Accepting God's Plan for Our Lives    121
   A Means of Making Disciples    122
   A Means of Renouncing Sin and Committing to Christ
(Romans Six)    124
   Colossians 2:11,12    129
CHAPTER TEN — AN APPEAL TO GOD FOR A FORGIVEN
CONSCIENCE    133
   1 Peter 3:21,22    134
   How Baptism Saves    139
   1 Peter 3:21,22 Confirmed    140
   Acts 2:38    144
   Putting It All Together   148
CHAPTER ELEVEN — THE ONE BAPTISM   253
   Some Explanations    753
   A Do-It-Yourself Exercise   155
   Acts 2 Confirms   162
   Personal Religious Experience Not the Standard   163
   Baptism's Two Facets    163
   Human Response and Divine Grace    164
   Baptisma — A Final Definition    165
CHAPTER TWELVE — EPILOGUE    169
   The Sinner's Prayer   169
   Baptisma — a Christ-centered Event    171