This is one of the...
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This is one of the most grim parables Jesus ever told. Its shock value lies in the unabashed violence we observe in the tenants.
Part of what Jesus is telling us here has to do with our own tendency toward violence. Our selfishness often results in violence. Our selfishness is more than a quirk, more than a quiet inward stirring. It often leads to overt acts of violence. It breaks loose and lets loose on other people.
In the assassinations of people like Gandhi and John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. our corporate selfishness results in violence. The statistics about our acts of violence, as individuals, get worse every year. This parable is meant to absolutely shock us about our potential for violence and our eroding view toward the serious effects of sin and selfishness in our time.
Part of what Jesus is telling us here has to do with our own tendency toward violence. Our selfishness often results in violence. Our selfishness is more than a quirk, more than a quiet inward stirring. It often leads to overt acts of violence. It breaks loose and lets loose on other people.
In the assassinations of people like Gandhi and John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. our corporate selfishness results in violence. The statistics about our acts of violence, as individuals, get worse every year. This parable is meant to absolutely shock us about our potential for violence and our eroding view toward the serious effects of sin and selfishness in our time.
