John the Baptist

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• Second Sunday of Advent

  
  Getting There... 2 steps forward, 1 back — Authority: 110
  Baptised into union with Christ Luke 3.1-6I want to talk a little about baptism tonight. In my years as a minister, I’ve heard a lot of quite wrong ideas about baptism.Like these: ‘It doesn’t matter if you’re baptised or not.’ Wrong! ‘Baptism is about works, not faith.’ Wrong! ‘You can get baptised as ...
  16 hours ago

• Dec 06 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Stir It Up

  
  AirMaria.com — Authority: 482
  Homily #091206 ( 31min) Play – Advent is a time to be stirred and Fr. Bonaventure gives a stirring homily to prepare us for the coming of the Lord. He explains how Christ’s coming, as marked by John the Baptist, stirred up the leaders of His time, including Tiberius, Herod, Pilot,and Caiaphas. So listen to ...
  21 hours ago

• John the Baptist

  
  RevRuth's Rantings — Authority: 126
  Here is a lovely painting of John the B. I didn’t preach on John today because he gets a lot of space in the Lectionary. Had I preached on him, this is probably not the image I would have used. But you can never have too much Caravaggio in my book. I told a story instead.
  22 hours ago

• Testifying to the Light

  
  Creo en Dios! — Authority: 129
  Every year on the Second Sunday of Advent, we hear about John the Baptist, about whom I’ve written before. Luke tells us in today’s Gospel that John “went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentence for the forgiveness of sins.” John the Baptist was given an important role. ...
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• Some Thoughts On Repentance

  
  Interrupting the Silence — Authority: 118
  “John the Baptist went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (Luke 3:3) Repentance … is as much or more about our heart as it is about our actions. is returning our gaze to God. is changing the direction of our life in order ...
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• Advent: Prepare

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 122
  Advent: Prepare “Cleans us, O Lord, from our secret faults and mercifully absolve us from our presumptuous sins, that we may receive thy holy things with a pure mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – The Leonine Sacramentary “It is while waiting for the coming of the reign of God, Advent after ...
  2 days ago

• Prepare the Way

  
  Irenic Thoughts — Authority: 471
  In tomorrows Gospel Reading we begin with a list of the people in power at the time John the Baptist came onto the public scene in Judea: In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of ...
  2 days ago

• “Word to Life” - December 4, 2009

  
  Ordo Praedicatorum — Authority: 120
  Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.” Joining me on the program today to discuss the reading for the Second Sunday of Advent was Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., the parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH. “Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The ...
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• “Word to Life” – December 4, 2009

  
  CSVF Blog — Authority: 132
  Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.” Joining me on the program today to discuss the reading for the Second Sunday of Advent was Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., the parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH. “Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The ...
  2 days ago

• Sunday Scripture Readings December 6 2009 2nd Week of Advent

  
  A Catholic Site — Authority: 130
  December 6 2009 Second Sunday of Advent About the sources used . The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here to present the comparable readings alongside traditional Catholic commentary as published ...
  4 days ago

• Leonardo s St John The Baptist on display in Milan for a month, free entrance

  
  blogdolcevita — Authority: 142
  From 27 December, visitors will have the unique opportunity to see one of Leonardo ‘s most famous works: San Giovanni Battista ; the painting on loan from the Louvre will be on display in the Alessi Chamber in Piazza Marino, Milan, for a whole month. The San Giovanni Battista was one of Leonardo’s favourites , ...
  5 days ago

• When a nobody Jesus became spirit possessed

  
  Vridar — Authority: 121
  Mark, the earliest of our canonical gospels, does not simply omit the details about Jesus before his baptism, but indirectly informs readers that nothing like the birth and boyhood stories we read in the gospels of Matthew and Luke could possibly have happened. Mark is clear: Jesus was a nobody until the day he was ...
  1 week ago

• Mark Chapter Eight

  
  FIRE AND HAMMER — Authority: 120
  Mark 8:1-38 From J. C. Ryle, for verses 1 – 13, “Let us observe in this passage how great is the kindness and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  “Let us observe, in the second place, from this passage, that with Christ nothing is impossible.”  “Let us observe, in the last place, how much sorrow ...
  2 weeks ago

• John the Baptizers Testimony of Jesus

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 445
  25Then there arose a question between some of Johns disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come him. 27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, ...
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• Should Christian Non-profits Consider Giving up their Tax Exempt 501(c)3 Status?

  
  Athanatos Christian Apologetics Ministry — Authority: 122
  The keyword in the title is consider . I don’t want anyone thinking that I believe in every case it would be desirable or necessary.  I do think, however, that accepting the status quo without persistent reflection is dangerous in general.  Just because it has ‘always’ been this way doesn’t mean it should ...
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• RCL Year C – Advent 3

  
  Sacredise - Seeking to be Fully Alive — Authority: 112
  The third week of Advent continues the journey with John the Baptist, focussing on his preaching and the call to justice that he proclaimed. In worship services where we seek to have a strong justice orientation, we couldn’t ask for a better platform to work from! One again, a reminder that these resources are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ryle on the Self-Forgetful Spirit of John the Baptist

  
  My Two Cents — Authority: 121
  Aware of my own ambition and self-love, I’m convicted and challenged by this good word from one of my favorite dead men, J. C. Ryle: “The greatest saints of God in every age of the Church have always been men of John the Baptist’s spirit. In gifts, and knowledge, and general character they have often differed ...
  3 weeks ago

• RCL Year C – Advent 2

  
  Sacredise - Seeking to be Fully Alive — Authority: 112
  The work of preparation continues in the Advent journey this week. With a Gospel focus on John the Baptist, preparation for God’s work of forgiveness and restoration comes through as a strong theme. The following resources are also being posted to the new home of Sacredise worship resources the Lectionary ...
  3 weeks ago

• Facing Temptation (Part 3)

  
  Breaking Free — Authority: 125
  Strength in Hunger A friend of mine decided that it was time she learned what the discipline of fasting was all about. She purposed to start her fast on a certain day as she prayed through a number of pressing issues in her life. A day or two after starting the fast I found her in one of the college cafeterias ...
  4 weeks ago

• Side Show Baptism

  
  LOLSaints — Authority: 121
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  5 weeks ago

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