“Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”
“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us . . .”
What a message this is for our society: “whoever is not against us is for us . . .”
That’s not the current theme in our society, is it? It’s us against them . . . Democrats against Republicans . . . Illegal immigrants against native born descendants of immigrants . . . Christians against Muslims . . . Fundamentalists against scientists . . . Pick your side and get ready for the brawl.
Cal and Rose Samra, in their book, Holy Hilarity, tell a great story. It seems a certain Baptist Church in Atlan…