Have you ever been ambushed by your own assumptions? Few of us have had our expectations exploded quite as thoroughly as John the Baptist did. He was a prophet of fire, working for a God who has been called a "consuming fire." When John yields the stage to the One who "baptizes in fire," he expects there to be...well...fire! But divine judgment would be dispensed in a different way, at a different time, than the prophet supposed. We're in Luke, chapter 3 with Jim.

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