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Salted with fire (Mark 9.38-50)

Have you ever noticed those billboards along I-75 (and maybe other places, too) with the provocative religious messages, and the phone number you can call for spiritual help? There’s a series of them that are focused on judgment (even Hell!). These signs are probably an unwanted distraction from the job of driving safely along the freeway, and maybe they are also an embarrassment for Christians who want to stress the love and compassion of God.

But, on the other hand, Jesus does talk about judgment quite a lot, and nowhere is he more explicit about it than in our passage from Mark this week. We rarely talk about these passages because they are troubling, but on Sunday I will take the challenge! I actually believe that there is something important and very hopeful about these images of judgment. I’m not going to give everything away here, but I hope subscribers to this blog will come to church and find out more on Sunday! (If not, stay tuned for my Monday post).