Click here to read Matthew 18:21-35 (with modifications)

Click here to read more from “Why is it so hard to forgive?,” an interview with Elizabeth Bruenig on Vox.

Music via the JAZ archives.

Sometimes the Good Book doesn’t sound all that great. Fortunately, first impressions can be misleading, and the surprise of grace may be hiding in plain sight. Welcome to Terrible Parables, the podcast where a scholar, a pastor, and an anxious Christian look for good news in passages of scripture that appear strange or unnerving. Brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries and hosted by Cali Yee, along with Todd Brewer and Bryan Jarrell.