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Sheep and Goats
Tackling the parable of the sheep and the goats hasn’t been easy. I still don’t have this one working very well in my mind. Yet, when I think of this passage with “the least of these” being Jesus’ disciples (the Sent Ones), I reflect on those who have gone before. I think of those who have laid down their lives…
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An Honest Question to Universalists
I ask this honestly of those Christians who are universalists in their theology: What do you do with Matthew 24 and 25? There seems to be a separation of some sort and the Lord is the One doing it. Please follow this simple rule: Don’t answer FOR universalists. If you ARE a universalist, could you help with how you would…
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Living in Risk
I was reading through Matthew 25 and came to the parable of the talents. In the margin of my Bible I had this note written: “You can bury your talent or you can go for broke. Take the risk. Not living in risk is being unfaithful.”