6 sermons on CD or DVD
Luke 1’s treatment of the first thirty years of John the Baptist has it all: an angelic appearance in the temple; fulfilled prophecies; several miracles; an elderly priest struck deaf and dumb; an old, barren woman conceiving; prenatal regeneration; a leaping, unborn boy; a joyful birth; a circumcision party; a child-naming disagreement; the godly upbringing of an amazing child and a young man’s years of solitude in the deserts.
Not a monk or an Essene or a Qumran devotee, John is being prepared by God to prepare the way as Christ’s forerunner, the one who would herald the coming Saviour!
(1) The Annunciation of John’s Birth (Luke 1:5-14)
(2) The Annunciation of John’s Work (Luke 1:15-25)
(3) Unborn John Leaps for Joy! (Luke 1:39-45)
(4) John’s Birth and Naming (Luke 1:57-66)
(5) John’s Godly Upbringing (Luke 1:66-80)
(6) John in the Wilderness (Luke 1:80)
