THE BAPTIST BAPTIZING (3 OF 28)
Scripture: Matthew 3:1-15
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The Baptist Baptizing
Matthew
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 3: 1 - 17
Matthew Series Sermon 3 of 28
I - John's Stunning Introduction (1 - 6)
II - John's Seething Indictment (7 - 12)
III - John's Shocking Inference (13 - 17)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The Goat Man
A traveling preacher, Charles "Ches" McCartney was a significant folk and religious figure in Georgia for more than four decades, and a likely influence on the works of the writer Flannery O'Connor. He traveled around the United States driving an iron-wheeled caravan of between twelve and thirty goats and was known as the "Goat Man."
McCartney was born on July 6, 1901, in Sigourney, Iowa. He was married three times, once to a Spanish knife thrower ten years his senior, and he had one son, Albert Gene, and possibly two to four others.
In 1935 McCartney was injured while working for the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program, and experienced a religious awakening. Subsequently he hitched up his team of goats to a wagon and took to the open road with his first wife and son. His wife made goatskin clothes for him and his son to wear as a gimmick during their travels, but she quickly grew tired of the road and returned to Iowa, taking their son with her.
Later in life, McCartney claimed to have visited all of the lower forty-eight states as well as Alaska and Canada. His fascination with wandering was fueled by reading Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) and the Bible.
Eventually settling in Jeffersonville, in Twiggs County, he established the "Free Thinking Christian Mission." It is not clear why he settled in Georgia. From the mission he journeyed out with his goat-pulled wagon to preach his message of impending and eternal damnation for sinners.
His path through the countryside was easily traceable from the distinctive wooden signs he tacked on trees by the roadside, signs bearing such harsh messages as "Prepare to Mee ...
Matthew
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 3: 1 - 17
Matthew Series Sermon 3 of 28
I - John's Stunning Introduction (1 - 6)
II - John's Seething Indictment (7 - 12)
III - John's Shocking Inference (13 - 17)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The Goat Man
A traveling preacher, Charles "Ches" McCartney was a significant folk and religious figure in Georgia for more than four decades, and a likely influence on the works of the writer Flannery O'Connor. He traveled around the United States driving an iron-wheeled caravan of between twelve and thirty goats and was known as the "Goat Man."
McCartney was born on July 6, 1901, in Sigourney, Iowa. He was married three times, once to a Spanish knife thrower ten years his senior, and he had one son, Albert Gene, and possibly two to four others.
In 1935 McCartney was injured while working for the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program, and experienced a religious awakening. Subsequently he hitched up his team of goats to a wagon and took to the open road with his first wife and son. His wife made goatskin clothes for him and his son to wear as a gimmick during their travels, but she quickly grew tired of the road and returned to Iowa, taking their son with her.
Later in life, McCartney claimed to have visited all of the lower forty-eight states as well as Alaska and Canada. His fascination with wandering was fueled by reading Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) and the Bible.
Eventually settling in Jeffersonville, in Twiggs County, he established the "Free Thinking Christian Mission." It is not clear why he settled in Georgia. From the mission he journeyed out with his goat-pulled wagon to preach his message of impending and eternal damnation for sinners.
His path through the countryside was easily traceable from the distinctive wooden signs he tacked on trees by the roadside, signs bearing such harsh messages as "Prepare to Mee ...
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