The UNTOLD Story of John The Baptist | The New Evangelicals

The New Evangelicals: Tim Whitaker interviews James McGrath, a Bible scholar and author of the book 'Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist.' They discuss the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding John the Baptist and how understanding him better can lead to a better understanding of Jesus.

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[hapennysparrow]

I loved this presentation. It spoke to my own understanding of the scriptures, especially the prophets, and the radical inversion of Christ's messages and the Gospels. I'm going to purchase these books. This is so encouraging because I've felt so out of step with much of American Christianity. Thank you.

[judithsutter]

WOW, way to go Dad, so happy that my Dad taught me this.

[duppyduppy]

I love John the Baptist. He prepared people for the coming of Jesus. He suffered so much.

[kamalastromwall]

You mentioned Tim Mackie...
I wonder how many of us were politely shown the door when we started learning from real theologians like Tim or N.T. Wright or Greg Boyd and started questioning what we had been taught by our lay pastors.

[TreetrunkVneck]

Awesome! I’m just now diving into James Tabor, who concurs with your premise, and it feels soooo right! My vision of JTB is more like Walt Whitman, though. 😀

[judithsutter]

John the Baptist was a humanitarian, so was the way Jesus was teaching. Which was so rebellious against the church. At least that is what Dads taught me.

[joshrucks]

14:00 we all know john the baptist would have been in mewithoutyou

[MusicalRaichu]

This isn't new to me. From the early chapters of John's gospel, it seems Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist and introduced Simon to Jesus. Jesus already knew the four fishermen before he called them to follow him as disciples.

[susanstein]

When Jesus entered Jerusalem almost no one knew who he was. He spoke Aramaic, a Northern dialect that Jerusalemites would have trouble understanding.

[williamoarlock]

Religion serves the rulers while cult leaders like John the Baptist and Jesus exploit the outcast.

[susanstein]

I repeat the Temple priests were appointed by the Romans and the Romans could replace them with more pliant priests.

[michaeldunigan]

John baptized with the baptism of repentance. Telling Israel to repent from sin and return to the Law of Moses. Yeshua baptized with the baptism of remission. Telling Israel to cease from trying to justify themselves by keeping the Law of Moses and to be justified by believing the Gospel. To repent from self justification by the Law and turn to justification by grace through faith trusting in the cross and the shed blood of Yeshua for their justification and for their redemption. Two totally different repentances and two totally different baptisms.

[susanstein]

The Temple priests were appointed by the Romans but the Pharisees had no power except for public opinion and they represented the poor and working class. The Pharisees were a democratizing force as opposed to the priests. The Pharisees replaced the Temple sacrifices with prayer, good deeds and Torah study, not Jesus.

[susanstein]

The. Gospels were written about 50 years after Jesus’s first death. Baptism comes from the Mikveh.