When you bypass the Cross on your slamdunk to
Acts 2:38.
You miss the power of God unto Salvation.
The Preaching of the Cross!.
That is why so many Jesus Name Churches Baptize many and get them sepaking in tongues and few stay.
You having them shed tears, get their bodies wet and their tongues awagging.
But their hearts are not pricked by the finished work of Calvary!
Acts 2:38 is not the absolute message of Peter in Acts chapter 2.
Read what comes before
Acts 2:38.
Baptize them that are pricked in their hearts..
Not those who are commanded "You have to be
Acts 2:38'd".
Tell me how your church works with someone who is first time in your service.
They are at the alter.
What are you saying to them?
That is my question?
It's just not in the formula it is in how you get them to
Acts 2:38.