Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, preaches during the final chapel of the semester that what is ultimate in your life is what you will worship.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today is January 6. Today is The Epiphany of Our Lord. This passage from the Gospel of St. Matthew is read on this day. And now, we close the book on the Christmas Season.
Herod the Great did not murder John the Baptist. John was murdered much later (around AD 28) under the reign of Herod Archelaus (Son of Herod the Great). Herod Phillip, also a son of Herod the Great, was the first husband of Herodias. When Herodias left Herod Phillip, she became the wife of Herod Antipas (another brother), John the Baptist rebuked this marriage which ultimately led to his (John the Baptist's) death.
