John the Baptist Baptism and Christian Design
Reader letter defends John the Baptist as a Christian minister, arguing his preaching on sin repentance and the coming Christ matched Christian baptism. It contrasts John’s baptism with the later Christian rite, cites Mark and Hebrews to argue priesthood issues, and cites Romans and Colossians as the baptism design, asserting both baptisms share the same doctrinal aim of dying to sin and rising to new life.