"'Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.'" Matthew 13:52 (NRSV)
And so we bring out the best of both worlds:
What is new: tolerance, liberty, pacifism, positivity, benevolence, universalism, unitarianism, humanitarianism, unconditional love.
What is old: altruism, reverence, respect, gratitude, selflessness, charity, mercy, forgiveness, prayer, faith.
And we discard what is outmoded:
What is new: licence, excess, promiscuity, drugs, degradation, negativity, hedonism, cynicism, alienation.
What is old: violence, vengeance, judgement, punishment, hate, callousness, pragmatism, legalism, materialism, hypocrisy.
And so we salvage the treasure from the dross.
[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]
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