In which John and David discuss how Jesus tells a somewhat controversial story. The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector is often told as an instruction to stay humble, but what if Luke wanted to make sure that we saw something more fundamental that Jesus was hinting at?

• Click Here to read the text from Luke 18:9-14
• Click Here to read the text from Romans 3:21-28
• Click Here to see some of Robert Farrar Capon's Kingdom, Grace and Judgment which David really wants you to read.
• Click Here if you're interested in the book that informed some of David's comments about "world upside-down" and "temple to house". The Social World of Luke-Acts is an academic level exploration of some of the contextual realities in this gospel.
• Click Here for Miroslav Volf's Exclusion and Embrace where he discusses Jesus' ministry "against exclusion". This book isn't an easy read, but a google of the reviews online will give you an idea of what Volf's pursuing.
• Click Here for the T.S. Elliot poem that concluded the episode

Episode 11 of the Two Texts Podcast | Parables of Jesus Series 11
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