God: A Bloggers Parable

Yesterday's sermon was on the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector from Luke 18:

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.'

"But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'

"I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

It seems to me that a lot of bloggers need to take this to heart. Starting with me of course. In a conflict of ideas, we often point to others and say "Thank God I'm not this jerk." Or "Look at that sinner. Stop sinning sinner!" Eye, plank, some disassembly required. We need more blogs that serve as disassembly instructions. I pray that I'll one day get my act together and provide one...