East of Jerusalem, stretching from the Judean Mountains and dropping off in Jordan Valley and Dead Sea, is the Judean Desert. Arid and barren, yet home to many an ascetic, outcast, or outlaw over the millennia. Jesus, after his baptism by John the Baptist, also called it home for about forty days. It was in... Continue Reading →
Should God ever have decided to literally do the above, I think that “Abraham Stone” would have been a rather befitting (and cool, if I may add) choice of name to bequeath to such a person. The above verse is what John the Baptist told the Pharisees and scribes who came to observe him as he “prepared the way of the Lord”.
The Jewish leaders had a problem
This is very comforting to me and at the same time challenging.
In Plain Sight 