For Your Weekend: A Hard Truth, A Merciful Call

Dig Deep into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 13:1–9

If I had to choose one emoji to describe my face when I read the subheading of Luke 13:1–5 and its verses, it would be 😳. If ever there was a gospel that kicked me into high gear and got me into the confessional, it would be this one. 

Repent or perish, Jesus tells us, not once, but twice. It's so simple and blunt that it leaves us with no room for misinterpretation. To make His urgent message even more explicit, He follows this warning with the pa...