Pastor and writer James W. Moore gives us a wonderful story from the days of the old West when the major means of transportation across the country was the stagecoach. We’ve seen persons riding in stagecoaches in western movies. What we might not know, says James Moore, is that the stagecoach had three different kinds of tickets—first class, second class, and third class. If you had a first-class ticket, that meant you could remain seated during the entire trip no matter what happened. If the stagecoach got stuck in the mud, or had trouble making it up a steep hill, or even if a wheel fell off, you could remain seated because you had a first-class ticket.

If you had a second-class ticket, you also could remain seated—until there was a problem. In case of a problem, second-class ticket hol…