I want to read again some of the strongest words that ever came from the lips of our Master. Jesus was making his way through the towns and villages leading to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up, and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, `Sir, open the door for us.' But he will answer, I don't know you or where you come from. . . .' " (NIV)

I don't know about you but I find those words quite disturbing. After all, you and I prize tolerance. "Live and let live," is the creed by which we live. Then we read Jesus' words: "Make every effort to enter through …