The Parable of the Banquet illustrates the various responses to the generous invitation of the King.
Although the first anointed king tried to kill the second one, the Lord protected his anointed, as he always does.
The closing section of the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas moved from confusion to clarification to conflict to consolidation to celebration.
After telling his disciples that they should love one another, Jesus began preparing them in John 15:18-16:11 to be hated by the world. Even...