“The kingdom of heaven will be like this…” You will recall that this is the crucial phrase that transformed this story into a parable.
But there is something else about it.
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Job Title Blues
I’d put on that coat, head out back, and wander through those somber gray days of my youth…
We are Neighbors!
I ask you to understand that, as Christians, we must be humble…
Humble not only before our God, but before our fellow creatures as well.
We cannot, we must not, pretend to be innocent.
Render Unto Caesar?
Why do our mothers insist that we do them? It is because they are not just a drag. They are also “good-in-the-long-run.”
Pebbles Thrown by God
One sentence contains within it a convergence of people from all over the Ancient Near East.
Empty is Open
Humility is not about being shy. It’s not about putting yourself down. It’s about being able to see, recognize, and avoid the distractions of vanity.
The Man in the Field
As people of faith, this might be our answer. It certainly is one way to think about it. Hmmm…
The Fox is not God, but God is the Fox
Jesus’ stories did not just stimulate the imagination – they awakened and gave nourishment to the moral imagination