We should see this passage as early Jewish Christians recognizing their own, internal dividedness.

There would be no atheists if God appeared in the sky. But there’d be no believers either.

There are truths that can only be shared by way of testimony, and these are the ones that matter most to us.

The Christian looks at one who is spiritually thirsting and, having known salvation in Christ, wants to share that satisfaction.

On earth we think of aging as an ineluctable curse. In heaven, it will be revealed as a real ripening.

Gossiping is a sin. But the greater sin is ignoring our failure to live and love like Christ.