I was driving down the highway recently and I saw a decorated vehicle in the distance in front of me. It had white streamers taped all over it, cans dragging on strings behind, and painted boldly in the back window were the words, “Just Baptized.”  It made me smile.

For more than a year now, various religious groups in the US and worldwide have been proclaiming a revival with hundreds of thousands of baptisms. In October of 2023, the Christian Post ran an article entitled Mass Baptisms Break Out Across America. Is Revival Upon Us? Most recently there have been reports of a large evangelistic and baptism event at Auburn University. Similar events are being reported in Brazil. Celebrities are also part of this, including the British comedian Russell Brand, formerly famous for his profligate lifestyle. Others include Kat Von D (famous occultist), Hulk Hogan, John Voight, Mark Calaway (aka WWF “The Undertaker”), and others.

The reports are so numerous and varied that it is hard to keep up let alone evaluate the genuineness of each situation. I am getting more and more requests for baptism and re-baptisms. In light of all these public statements of faith, I think some words of biblical clarification—even caution—are in order.

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