John the Baptist Made Simple

John the Baptist -- the voice crying in the wilderness: repentance preached without compromise, the Lamb of God pointed out (John 1), and greatness defined as decreasing so Christ increases (John 3:30).

John the Baptist Made Simple is a Bible-first walk through the forerunner's whole story: the promise to a childless priest (Luke 1:5-25), the babe who leaped at the presence of Christ (Luke 1:41), the Benedictus (Luke 1:67-80), the voice in the wilderness (Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3), the thunder of "Repent" (Matthew 3:7-10; Luke 3:10-14), "Behold the Lamb of God" (John 1:19-36), "He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:22-36), the question from prison and Christ's eulogy -- "the greatest born of women" (Matthew 11), the confrontation with Herod (Matthew 14; Mark 6), and the school of John that outlived him (Acts 18-19).

Explicitly Trinitarian: the Father who sent John, Jesus Christ -- Son of God and Son of Man, Lord and Savior, the Lamb of God -- and the Holy Spirit who filled John from his mother's womb and alone works repentance, breaks bondage, and makes new hearts. Every prayer is to the Father, through Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit.

Read one chapter a day. Come honest. Read slowly. Let God search you.

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