Grace for the Greedy
With rock star status Jesus was flanked by thousands (literally, “the myriads”) as he meandered through the Palestinian countryside (Lk 12.1). Folks stumbled over each other for a glimpse, nugget or even piece of Jesus. It never got to his head. Not one to waste an audience, Jesus introduced his disciples to Greed 101. Luke just told us Jesus was Public Enemy #1 to the self-righteous religious snots (11.53-54). It […]