Baptism Sunday

This message centers on a profound paradox: we all desperately want life, yet we constantly gravitate toward death. Drawing from Romans 6 and the story of the prodigal son, we're confronted with an uncomfortable truth about human nature—there's something within us that pulls us toward the very things that steals, kills, and destroys the abundant life Jesus promises. This isn't about physical death but that inner emptiness we feel even when everything externally seems fine. Baptism emerges as the declaration that our deadly nature belongs in the grave—we've been crucified with Christ and raised to newness of life.