Wheat and Weeds
Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 Romans 8: 12-25 Do you remember the games we played when we were young, where there were “goodies” and “baddies” (cowboys and indians, cops and robbers, or - for younger ones - the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars) As Christians we can sometimes think in the same way – who are the “goodies” and who are the “baddies”? We might even get spiritual about it: Who’s “in” this new Kingdom Jesus talks about and who’s “out”? So we ask… · Who’s got the right theology? · Who’s living the right way? · Whom can we ‘write off’ as having got it wrong? Or not being spiritual enough? Or not believing what we believe to be right? · ‘What are we supposed to do about those who say they’re ‘in’, a ‘part of what God is doing’, but we’re really not happy with w...