to suppose that Jesus’ teaching about the kingdom of the heavens is not for today is exactly like holding that the Twenty-third Psalm is not for today. It is true that Jesus’ call to the kingdom now, just like that psalm, is of such a radical nature, is so utterly subversive of “life as usual,” that anyone who takes it seriously will be under constant temptation to disconnect it from “normal” human existence. Thus it is that “The Lord is my Shepherd” is written on many more tombstones than lives.
