Baptism: Sign and Seal Christian Life Godliness must be the aim

Godliness must be the aim in every time and place the people of God find themselves – no matter what the challenges

Ryle was troubled by the worldliness which had infiltrated the church

an unpacking of lessons learned and truths proved in the furnace of suffering

This book is a call to work towards that purity

Baptism: Sign and Seal Christian Life Godliness must be the aimThis book began life as a series of lessons for candidates for baptism. Having been expanded and reshaped, it is now published in book form. It is intended to help those who have been baptized as believers, or who are preparing to be baptized, to grasp the meaning of baptism as a sign and seal of God's covenant of grace. Though baptism is an act of obedience, that is not its primary function. It is, says Brian Russell, 'essentially a sacrament of