“I Must Decrease”

Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

Read them out loud right now, wherever you are, the words of John the Baptist in John 3:30 (NRSVCE:

“He must increase, but I must decrease.”

If this didn’t give you the shivers or goosebumps, read them out loud again, right now.

It is John the Baptist’s final witness, this man sent to prepare the way. Jesus had begun His public ministry, and John knew that meant h...