He was standing out in the river. We can envision John standing out there. His clothes were soaked. His long, wet hair hung down across his face and down his back. If we didn’t know better, we might think he was someone who had wandered out of the wilderness and was having some kind of breakdown. He was standing there, surrounded by people who had come to see him. They ...
... hands transformed that lump into a something. You’re not sure what: will it be a jug, a bowl, a cup, or a pitcher? Then, when the potter was finished, you felt like applauding. Here was a new creation; a vase, let’s say. That blob of wet clay had been transformed into something lovely and useful. Incredible! God is a potter. God makes something out of nothing. In the book of Genesis, we read that God formed Adam, which means “man,” a human being, from the dust of the earth. God is portrayed there ...