By Water and the Word: God's Gift of Baptism for You (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781967920013)

This book is for every worn-out saint who's been hustling to earn what can only be given. By Water and the Word isn't a pep talk in religious performance or a manual for proving yourself to God. It's a cannonball into the deep end of divine mercy. Here, baptism isn't a symbol of your sincerity--it's the drowning of your old Adam and the resurrection of someone God's not ashamed to call his child.

This is theology with dirt under its nails and grace in its bones. It drips with the kind of gospel that smells like river water and resurrection. You won't find spiritual clichés here--just a relentless God who crashes into your life with a splash and refuses to leave you alone.

This is for the kid who can't remember getting wet, and the adult who wonders if it counted. For the prodigal with pig-stink on his clothes and the Pharisee with a Bible under his arm. It's for anyone who needs to hear that God doesn't wait for you to climb up--he comes down, into the water, into your mess, and makes you his.

Baptism isn't just your past. It's your anchor. Your identity. Your daily dying and rising. In these pages, you'll hear the voice of the God who does his best work in ordinary water, tied to his extraordinary word.