Gaining and Losing

Aug 24, 2020    Steve Pierson    Luke 9:24-25

Most people misunderstand paradoxes, which they think are synonymous with contradictions. But by definition, paradoxes are seemingly absurd or contradictory statements or propositions which, when investigated, may prove to be well-founded or true. (Oxford dictionary) Perhaps the most jarring paradox in the Bible is found in the book of Luke, where Jesus challenges us with a life-or-death decision that all must make.