Desert Creek by Jake Gaedtke – 8″ x 10″ – oil on panel
John the Baptist is such an interesting character! When we hear this morning’s lesson about his preaching, in which he calls his audience a brood of vipers, and predicts dire things to come, it’s tempting to write him off as a fanatical crank. But given this text (Luke 3:7-18) as a sermon topic, I spent some time thinking about John’s back-story (Luke 1:5-80, if you’re not familiar with it,) and how that might have influenced him as an adult, and what he might have really been trying to say. Click on the link below to listen to what I came up with.
John the Baptist Sermon 12_16_12
The artwork above is by my friend Jake Gaedtke, who is a marvelous painter. Click on the image to visit his website and see some of his other stunning landscape paintings!