Salvation is not just a static possession or state of being, but also an experience of transformed life that happens right now. This dynamic view of salvation puts baptism in a different light. Baptism is a salvation issue, but not just in the sense that it qualifies you for your ticket to heaven. We get closer to the relationship between baptism and salvation when we see it as the spiritual watershed of a transformed life. Some people complain that they do not hear as much about baptism as they used to hear.
Baptism deserves more attention than that.
That should be our focus in baptism. If our main focus in baptism is correct procedure, then we have reduced and emptied baptism I am in favor of teaching more about baptism - and not just teaching more, but being as intentional, thoughtful, creative as we can about how we do it. We need good, old-fashioned preaching on baptism, we need to preach baptism as the Apostles did. The Apostles knew how to look at the Christian walk through the waters of baptism. They believed baptism was the answer, but to them it was the answer to many different questions.