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The Parable of the Ridiculously Persistent Owner

The Parable of the Ridiculously Persistent Owner

All our "Nos" are bracketed by God's bigger "Yes" in Jesus Christ

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This coming Sunday’s lectionary Gospel is Matthew 21.33-46, a passage frequently titled “The Parable of the Wicked Tenants.”

It’s an astonishingly stupid name for the story Jesus spins.

Jesus, without the benefit of a seminary education, is in…

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