Month: December 2024
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Overwhelmed by the Light Within: Mary’s Encounter with Grace
As we celebrate Christmas this week, I chose the Annunciation of Mary as the focus for our discussion on grace. This event, a cornerstone of the Christmas story, illuminates profound truths about divine grace and human response. While the season makes this topic particularly fitting, there is another reason for this choice, which I will…
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Beyond the Binary: Redefining the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
Last week, we discussed the parable of the sheep and the goats. By the end of our discussion, we still had several perplexing questions that remained unanswered. Today, I want to offer a different perspective on this parable, originally presented by Dr. Weaver in October 2022, hoping it will address many of those questions. The…
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The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats…