Gary Larson, creator of the comic strip Far Side, produced a strip in which we see God in his kitchen making the world. He reaches for a can labeled "jerks" and thinks to himself, "This ought to liven things up." Larson's theology is a little off the mark, according to the parable of the wheat and the tares. Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares has a lot to teach us about the world we live in and why it is the way it is. Haven't you ever wondered why there are so many jerks in the world?