novel go set a watchman started with a midnight party in the writer s hometown of monroeville, alabama. sher caldwell is an english schoolteacher who drove nine hours from kentucky to be here. she s mystified by the transformation of atticus finch in the watchman novel, the beloved character who s now a racist. he represents everything good in the moral compass of the book. and if i m wrong, it s embarrassing. reporter: as thousands have flocked to lee s hometown the reclusive writer who is known around here simply as nell spent the day in this assisted living center security guards on the front porch keeping reporters and others away. wayne flint is a dear friend of harper lee. he says the writer struggles to hear and see and describes her life as boring. but flint says she s okay with that. she is an american enigma because in an age of narcissism
what john was doing. i myself came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to israel. and it means that he endorsed john s message, that god s people did need to repent. they did need to receive forgiveness for their sins. and just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart, and the spirit descending like a dove on him. and a voice came from heaven. you are my son, the beloved. with you, i am well pleased. it s at that moment that something profound changes in jesus. and now he feels this vocation,
the baptist, as being relatives. it uses a vague term kinswomen. and our best guess is that means something like cousins. not all the gospels mention the episode, but in luke, the story begins when one night jesus mother, mary, is visited by an angel. do not be afraid, for you have found favor with god. you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him jesus. but mary cannot believe the angel s message since she is still a virgin. the child to be born will be holy. he will be called son of god. when mary is told by the angel that she s carrying the messiah, she s shocked and
and a voice came from heaven. you are my son, the beloved. with you i am well pleased. it s at that moment that something profound changes for jesus. and now he feels this vocation, this call to go spread his own message. this is the beginning of jesus ministry. when they met, when john the baptist s charisma, when his preaching ability, when his apocalyptic fervor, when his criticisms of the powers of the day, when all of that hit jesus ears, i imagine it sparked all of that latent ability to preach that jesus had and launched him into his ministry. but for biblical historians, there s a dilemma. there s something that s not being said here. all the gospels really emphasize that john the baptist was subordinate to jesus, and yet
other. i think the baptism of jesus by john is a crucial part of the story. it tells us, if nothing else, that jesus absolutely endorsed what john was doing. i myself baptize for this reason that he might be revealed to israel. and it means that he endorsed john s message that god s people did need to repent, they did need to receive forgiveness for their sins. and just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the spirit descending like a dove on him. and a voice came from heaven you are my son, the beloved.