Peace-Maker Or Piece-Maker?
Topsy-Turvy: Living In The Biblical World
Gospel Sermons For Sundays After Pentecost (Middle Third) Cycle C
A hard, hard word has been laid on us this morning -- a word so hard that I would rather be almost anywhere than standing in this pulpit right now. It is one of those hard sayings from the mouth of Jesus: "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!"
I thought Jesus was the peace-maker, didn't you? And now he tells us, no, he's the piece-maker.1