We’re going to start a short 4-part series on Holy Baptism. Today’s message, “What Is Holy Baptism?” invites us to return to the waters that changed everything. In this sermon, we reflect on what it means to die and rise with Christ through Baptism, and how this Divine washing shapes our daily life, marks us as God's own, and sustains us with new life each day. Whether Baptized long ago or newly come to the faith, this is the truth that holds us and gives us hope: There is something in that water, and that something is Jesus.

Today we commemorate Saints Peter and Paul, not because they were perfect, but because they faithfully confessed Christ. Though very different in background, personality, and mission, their unity came through one confession: Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. As we gather with all our differences and daily struggles, this same confession builds us into one Church, one Body, one family of faith. Let's listen and learn what it means to be built on this rock.

This message “Your End Times” not a message about abstract events at the close of history, it is a focus on the very real and personal “end times” each individual faces: moments of crisis, spiritual trials, and ultimately death itself. The message emphasizes that for Christians, these “end times” are not about fear, uncertainty, or loss. They mark the certainty of God’s promises. Through Jesus’ authority over darkness, our identity as Baptized believers, and God's persistent grace (as seen in Isaiah 65 and also explained in Galatians 3), we face our own personal “end times” with hope, knowing that in Christ, every ending leads to a greater and eternal beginning.