This is also tied in with our messed-up theology of how sinners come to God. There is a Christian song that goes, “Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me, see on the portals He’s waiting and watching, watching for you and for me: ‘Come home, come home, ye who are weary come home.’” In this view, Jesus is standing by the door of Heaven, wringing His hands like that poor sap in high school who never could get a date, pleading with people to come because unless they choose to come He cannot save them. Some Christian husbands think that this is what Jesus did, and this is
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