John the Baptist
220Give Unto Caesar...
7 Jul 2025
4:33¶ 12
“Well, he just did. The point is his authority publicly, officially, legally was announced by John in terms of John’s prophetic office, “Behold the…”
5:18¶ 16
“He was a priest and the son of a priest. His birth was announced in the temple miraculously by an angel, and he baptized…”
6:09¶ 19
“Remember when Jesus came to John, John said, “Shouldn’t you be baptizing me?” and Jesus says, “No, it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness,…”
217The Early Days of Christ's Ministry
26 May 2025
48:17¶ 155
“Again as we move through the gospels there is real change going on. It’s not a static “every scene is like the one before.”…”
48:55¶ 156
“Whereas Herod was inclined to listen to the holy religious men because he thought such people were interesting, Herodias, the woman in question, was…”
49:29¶ 157
“Word of this reaches Jesus and his disciples, and some of these men had been disciples of John or at least close friends or…”
216The Harmony of the Gospels
12 May 2025
34:30¶ 94
“So the beginning of the harmonization is actually John’s ministry. He begins to pull it all together as he baptizes Jesus and the Spirit…”
32:24¶ 89
“Mark gives us no birth narrative at all. It starts with the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and…”
33:10¶ 91
“We come to Luke and there’s more of a literary deduction. He explains what he’s doing, who he’s writing to, why he’s doing it,…”
215The Life of John the Baptizer
21 Apr 2025
2:23¶ 10
“We’re still sort of in the so-called 400 silent years. The silence has been cracked already by both Anna and Simeon, as well as…”
3:07¶ 11
“There’s a prophetic message about his very person and his dress. Judgement is coming, and if you don’t repent you’re going to end up…”
22:58¶ 85
“John’s reputation kept spreading – the impact he had during those six months or so. His ministry was not very long. Remember he was…”
210Mary, Mother of the Messiah
10 Feb 2025
15:55¶ 47
“He unfolds it in the exact order he desires, so he begins with his messenger. As Mark presents Jesus as the king, as the…”
16:24¶ 48
“In this way, Luke also begins there but instead of with his ministry he begins with his birth, so we see John from his…”
16:51¶ 49
“Now, we call the conception of John a miracle, but it is still through normal means, not through like what we’re going to see…”
118Elijah and Obadiah
16 May 2022
28:09¶ 88
“What you were saying reminded me of something from the New Testament, the gospels. When John the Baptist was preaching in the wilderness, various…”
28:40¶ 90
“He didn’t say, “Well, you’re collecting for Rome. The money you’re collecting is going to fund the lifestyle of that crazy bisexual polytheistic God-hating…”
30:53¶ 102
“And don’t beat up people. It’s real simple kinds of things, but again what he does not say is, “You’re working for Herod. Herod…”