In my estimation Steve Brown has not so much jumped the shark theologically as he remains hovering above it. Sometimes I just don’t get him and sometimes I do.
I think this is one of the times that I do.
Here he takes issue with what he terms are ‘law enforcement texts’ from the Bible. Passages of Scripture which often well meaning people use out of context to provide a motivation for Christian living which is based on guilt, fear or the desire to earn something:
There is one text that gives me a fit. It’s Matthew 25:14-39. You know the one. It’s where a master goes off on a trip and leaves some money with three servants. When he comes back, the first two have invested the money and give the master a good return on his investment.
Yep! That’s where we get the words of Jesus, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much” (v. 23).
All someone has to do is quote that and ask, “Don’t you want to hear those words?” and I become suicidal.
Read the whole post here: God Doesn’t Need Protecting or Defending!
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