Was John the Baptist the First Victim of Cancel Culture?

We can learn a lot from his life and ministry.

By Lesli White

You’re likely familiar withJohn the Baptist. Apart from Jesus Christ, John the Baptist is probably the most theologically significant figure in the gospels. While his formative years were lived in obscurity in the desert, his public ministry ended nearly four hundred years of prophetic silence. John was the voice crying in the wilderness, preparing the way for the coming Messiah.

Matthew 4:12-17 says, “When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great…