Q&A: Is Baptism Required For Salvation?

Tune in as we do our best to answer your questions about christianity and the bible. 1.)  Why do many evangelical churches deny that baptism is essential for salvation, when the New Testament clearly teaches that it is? 2.) Would God rather us not be followers of him than be lukewarm followers? Revelation 3:15 3.) Why would Jesus deliberately obscure the gospel by speaking in parables so that people would not understand, turn and be forgiven? (Mark 4:11-12) Did he not come so that all men might be saved? Teaser for next week: 1.) Why are you a Christian? 2.) If religious texts like the Bible are the word of God, why are they so inconsistent.