Although we may overlook occasions when others receive unfair treatment, we become indignant when we think people treat us unfairly. In Matthew 20:1-16, Jesus told a parable about the kingdom of God in which he described a situation that doesn’t look fair to us. As it turns out, Jesus used this apparent unfairness to teach us about God’s generosity, which we mistake for unfairness. By exposing our mistake, Jesus reminds us again of our need to receive God’s most generous gift. Listen to Dr. Tim Sansbury of Knox Theological Seminary on this fascinating and disconcerting parable.
Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.
Ever since there began to be two groups preaching and baptizing, there were those who wanted to set up a competition between them. In...
God used the sinful actions of humans to fulfill his will to provide the innocent one to take the place of the guilty.