Emphasis Preaching Journal

When Jesus was not welcomed by the Samaritans, the disciples angrily wished the Samaritans to be punished by a "fire from heaven," but Jesus rebuked his followers. Many people see parallels in the attitude of those disciples with such attitudes prevalent today of many religious people who hate and condemn others because they differ in their manner of thinking and worshipping. Most of us are familiar with the atrocities and wars committed because of self-righteousness, yet we often support such evil by our own intolerance toward others who think and act differently than we.