I fear we may reject the justification metaphor too quickly and understand it too shallowly.
Season after Pentecost | 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7); Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; (Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100;) Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)
Sarah wasn’t the first member of her household to laugh at God.
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.