Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common [Acts 4:32]. Perhaps many of you have heard the one about the American Protestant who was rescued by sailors after he had been stranded alone for six years on a remote Pacific island. As the man gathered his meager belongings to join the sailors on board their ship, one of the sailors pointed to three small structures erected near the beach, asking the man what had been their function. The marooned man proudly pointed to the largest of the…
"Dispatches to the Front" -- a collection of theological meditations by Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., M.Div.