This week, we learn something of his preaching. John’s message ... So, how is our own Advent repentance going in these last two weeks of the season? Am I hearing the Baptist, or do I want ...

COMMENTARY: The canonization centennial of two influential French priests illustrates new light from the marvelous feast of ...

In the early verses of Mark’s gospel he tells readers, “And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean ...

at least in the preaching calendar followed in my own Episcopal Church tradition. Like John the Baptist, Advent is out of phase with its time, with our time. It encroaches upon us in an ...

John the Baptist was strange because he was going against the flow. Preaching against adultery ... His main theme was repentance, which is still the hope of the church today.

John the Baptist, who is Jesus’ precursor in the ministry of repentance, with typical prophetic charisma says to these religious professionals, “Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath ...

At the foundation of it all is Jesus and his preaching about the kingdom ... about this holistic approach to repentance, a later text about John the Baptist’s teaching and baptism reinforces ...

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all lay emphasis on the ... to prepare the way for the ministry of Jesus by preaching a message of repentance from sin. John is described in both ...

“In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea ... 8 Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham ...