Justin Bieber's Baptism, and Ours

Canadian teen pop idol Justin Bieber has been in the news a lot recently. Earlier in the year, the singer has been arrested twice, once for a DUI while allegedly drag-racing down the streets of Miami and once for assaulting a limo driver. The year before had seen the release of a video of Bieber sleeping taken by an alleged prostitute. Then this month a video emerged in which a young Bieber tells a joke that uses racist language against African-Americans. If that wasn’t bad enough, a second video emerged with Bieber using racist language a few days later.

In the midst of the harsh media coverage last week came the news that Justin Bieber had turned to God. Outlets like The Christian Post reported that Pastor Carl Lentz of Hillsong NYC Church had baptized Bieber in a friend’s bathtub. He also appeared in a Christian rap video called “The Pledge,” in which he spoke about his belief in God’s forgiveness. Bieber has long professed to be a Christian, but he certainly seems to be much more vocal about his faith in recent weeks.