Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

How appropriate to have a baptism today! The Second Sunday of Advent, when John the Baptist always makes his appearance. John was the one who came to prepare the way for this. Because this is why the Son of God came into our world -- to make lost and condemned sinners His own. His own children. Children with hope and a future. John was simply preparing the way for Him. So John didn't go to the Temple, but into the wilderness, to do battle with the enemy and plunder him.