Emphasis Preaching Journal
The parable of the rich fool...
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The parable of the rich fool provides opportunity to reflect on the abuses of capitalism. John Calvin's reflections on the text remind us of how the parable provides a good opportunity for us to confess our sin:
"Do not all, on the contrary, regulate their life and arrange their schemes and employments in such a manner as to withdraw to the greatest distance from God, making their life to rest on a present abundance of good things?... The parable shows us, first, that the present life is short and transitory" (Calvin's Commentaries, Vol. XVI/2, p. 148).
"Do not all, on the contrary, regulate their life and arrange their schemes and employments in such a manner as to withdraw to the greatest distance from God, making their life to rest on a present abundance of good things?... The parable shows us, first, that the present life is short and transitory" (Calvin's Commentaries, Vol. XVI/2, p. 148).
