Understanding the Bible 27: Who Truly Belongs to the Community of Salvation?

One of the most troubling images in Jesus’s teaching is the sorting of the sheep and the goats (the “sheep” being the “righteous” who are rewarded with eternal life, the goats the “unrighteous” condemned to punishment).  At first glance the stakes appear to be “heaven” and “hell,” with our human actions the determining factor in […]