He Came to Point Beyond Himself - and Changed the World Forever
Before the first miracle, before the Sermon on the Mount, before the Cross - there was a voice crying in the wilderness. John the Forerunner did not seek a throne; he sought a river. He did not build a school of followers; he sent every last one of them away to follow Another. And in that radical, fierce, tender self-emptying, he became what Christ Himself declared: the greatest of those born of woman.
Behold the Lamb follows the public life of the Forerunner from the living waters of the Jordan to the silence of a dungeon cell - with the reverence and theological depth this towering figure deserves. Written from within the tradition, it is not merely a biography: it is an encounter.
- The Ministry at the Jordan - the full force of John's prophetic preaching, and why multitudes walked into the wilderness to hear him.
- The Baptism of the Lord - the day the river held God, and the Spirit descended: the spiritual heart of the book.
- He Must Increase - how the man who could have crowned himself a messiah chose instead to decrease, and why that choice is the pattern of every Christian life.
- The Martyrdom - the imprisonment, the prisoner's question, the feast, the dance, and the beheading - told with unflinching honesty and deep compassion.
- Preaching to the Dead - the Forerunner's last errand, running ahead of the Lord even into Hades.
Book Two of The Voice That Ran Before: A Life of Saint John the Forerunner - for the faithful who already love the Forerunner and wish to go deeper, and for those only beginning to discover him. Accessible without being shallow, devotional without being sentimental.
He must increase, but I must decrease. Six words that hold a complete theology of the Christian life - and this book unfolds their beauty, their cost, and their joy on every page.
Step into the wilderness. Hear the voice. Behold the Lamb.
