Idolatry is the desire to manipulate God.
Epiphany | Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37
Jesus isn’t pitting himself against poor people. He’s one of them.
I came into the world cursed with the ability to see all sides of an issue.
Deuteronomy 30:15–20; 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Matthew 5:21–37
There’s a reason that flood stories are so universal: we fear wiping ourselves out through our own violence.