Apparently, Jesus wasn’t crazy about the idea of helping people squabble over their possessions. Truth be told, Jesus didn’t seem to be all that crazy about having many possessions in the first place. I once heard someone say that Jesus spoke more about money and possessions than about any other single subject (except for hell). Frankly, I don’t know if that’s true or not. I’ve never counted.

I suppose it’s like a lot of things. It depends upon how you count things and what words and phrases you interpret as being related to the subject. Regardless, Jesus did have several pertinent things to relate to us on the topic. He was willing to teach them as general principles, but he wasn’t interested in judging between two arguing parties — particularly when the argument was due to their own sel…