But Jesus did it all the time. Most of his parables involved saying that God is like a good shepherd, like that good master, like a good father. We are instructed to pray to "Our Father--" And every preacher's favorite sermon is the Prodigal Son. Don't they always end it by saying "God is like THAT GOOD FATHER,if you return to his good graces he will love and forgive you."
But did you ever hear one say,"But if you don't return to him and ask forgiveness, he will will find you and subject you to eternal pain and torment, like A BRUTAL, SADISTIC FATHER."
Isn't the second statement just as true as the first?
Why don't you ever hear that in church?
2006-08-18
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