"What did Jesus emphasize?
"Did he emphasize unworthiness and separation (i.e., sin)?
"Or did he emphasize a God who gathers all (the poor, the incarcerated, the least of these, the Samaritan who helped the impure victim, the and the rest of us, too) into The Kingdom of Heaven?
"Those whom he said would have difficulty entering the Kingdom were not those who were judged 'sinful' by others.
"Rather, they were people who were not fully willing to drop their little gods for the big one (the rich man who couldn't part with his riches even for God, and the Pharisees who could not drop their religiosity and judgmentalism.)"
-From a comment by "formerly Susan" at Father Jake's blog (emphasis original; I broke up the sentences a bit).
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