“John expected cataclysmic change. Prepare yourselves for what’s coming by changing how you think and how you act. Jesus told John’s friends to tell him cataclysmic change has come.”
Tag: John the Baptist
It’s a Person
“John made decisive promises of what was about to come from heaven, and the community was meant to respond decisively in baptism and change in their thinking and behaving.”
A Little Less and A Little More
“John spoke of what would benefit everyone if everyone thought of themselves A BIT LESS and consider others A BIT MORE. By this, valleys will be filled and mountains and hills made low. “
Ahead of Us
Matthew 21: 23-32 The pastor announced during worship there would be a meeting of the board following the service. After the benediction the group gathered for the called meeting. All looked confused when a visitor who never attended their church before joined them. “My friend,” asked the pastor, “did you understand that this is a…
To the Infant and The Weary
Matthew 11: 25-30 We’re going to look at this eleventh chapter of Matthew this morning. Jesus and his disciples, his friends, went out as a team to share the good news of God’s kingdom in deeds and words. We’re going to have a bit of Bible study looking through chapter eleven, and it starts with…
That He Might Be Revealed
John 1: 29-42 1 Corinthians 1: 1-9 In Minnesota three pastors got together for coffee one day and found all their churches had bat-infestation problems. “I got so mad,” said Pastor Johnson, “I took a shotgun and fired at them. It made holes in the ceiling, but it did nothing to the bats.” Pastor Brown…
Our Epiphany
Matthew 3: 1-17 Christmas break was over and the teacher was asking the class about their vacations. She turned to one boy and asked him what he did over the break. “We visited my grandmother in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,” he replied. “That sounds like an excellent spelling word,” the teacher said. “Can you tell the class…
Out of the Blue, It Came
Luke 3: 1-6 Sometimes God comes to someone already in the wilderness. Luke gives his readers and listeners a background, a context of history. There are layers of authority in place, and the word of the Lord came to a man in the wilderness. This is how God came to the region around the Jordan….
Baptized with Water and Holy Spirit
Mark 1: 4-11 John knew something greater was coming. John the baptizer proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People throughout the Judean countryside and all people of Jerusalem went out to John to be baptized by him, confessing their sins. He told those gathered to him he baptized with water, but…
The Lord Hasn’t Been Silent
Sometimes peace and comfort for my soul only comes to me when I write. For some, this may be true when they play their musical instrument or draw or paint or exercise or eat a cheese burger. I was told to write years ago by, who Bob Dylan called in his 60 Minute interview years…
Psalm 102 in The Message 