A Parable
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
The storyteller is not Jesus, of course.
And when he heard that there were certain followers of Jesus living in a democratic republic who did not believe they should exercise their democratic prerogatives, he spoke this parable unto them, saying:
There was a certain king whose people suffered miserably under his reign, both directly from his own cruelty and indirectly from that of others in which he refused to intervene. Sadly, his son, heir to the throne, was no better.Sphere: Related Content
But one day his son met (more…)
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