Playing It Cool? Not Jesus!
Gospel Sermons For Sundays After Pentecost (First Third)
"Good grief, Jesus, do you know what you're saying and doing? How often are you going to irritate people before you finally learn your lesson? It seems to us disciples that you're deliberately setting yourself up for another 'kick me' game. When will you ever learn the difference between deliberate antagonism and healthy confrontation? Surely, you're aware that you're flirting with disaster when you continue to rail, ad nauseam, against the scribes and Pharisees? Keep talking this way, and your days are numbered. So, watch it! Back off before you commit political and religious suicide."