Tag Archives: John the Baptist

John the Baptist Misunderstanding Jesus Part One: The Feet

  Hospitality, May 2006, Vol. 25, No. 5   John the Baptist had high hopes for Jesus the Messiah like Homeland Churches today which have national flags in the sanctuary or, like North Decatur United Methodist Church which has its American Flag in the Narthex. One can’t get to the cross except by the flag. John the [...]

Jedidiah: John the Baptist’s Disciple

  Hospitality,  vol. 24, no. 3 (Editor’s note:  In 2004, a group of British pilots discovered a cave near the Dead Sea that had been a hideout for John the Baptist and his followers:  The Solid Rock Discipleship Band.  A number of John’s camel hair shirts were found along with jars of Hard Rock Honey [...]

John the Baptist: On Clothes and Fashions For the Anti-War Movement

  Hospitality, January 2005, vol. 24, no. 1 I saw her, all but imperceptibly, in the right corner of my left eye.  She was playing volleyball at the seminary picnic for new students and faculty.  She had on pink shorts and an athletic shirt.  Suddenly the ball soared into the paling southward sun and then [...]

We Need the Draft

  Hospitality Vol. 21, no. 3 I. August 9, 27 C.E: The wind blew dust into the Baptist’s razor sharp eyes in the late afternoon. In the evening, through the bars and chains, he led a Bible study on Amos. Shortly after midnight the police entered the dungeon, beheaded him, and put his head on [...]

John the Baptist: Our First Step in Discipleship (Part II)

Hospitality Vol. 20, no.7 The Preaching of John the Baptist 1It was the fifteenth year of the rule of the Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod Antipas was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene, 2and Annas and [...]

John the Baptist: Our First Step in Discipleship, Part I

  Hospitality Vol. 20, no.6 The Preaching of John the Baptist Luke 3: 1-20 1It was the fifteenth year of the rule of the Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod Antipas was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of [...]

Meeting John the Baptist for the First Time

  Hospitality Vol. 20, no. 4   Hello.  My name is Thaddaeus.  I was a disciple of both of them.  Still am in many ways.  I sit now in this dark damp dungeon with two others.  We were caught trying to tear the Temple down with our bare hands.  Caiaphas wants us crucified; Pilate thinks [...]