Water and fire (Psalm 29; Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
John the Baptist's world and ours
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Remember the last time you used a winnowing fork? The way the sunlight glinted off the metal prongs as the kernels of grain flew into the air and the chaff blew away across a clear blue sky?
