In our transactional view of our faith - “If I don’t… then God won’t.” “I need to, so God can” - we are seriously underestimating who we are dealing with.

This tale of two professors has a common theme, plot, and denouement - the good news of the one true story, Jesus Christ crucified for you.

Paul knew, and so do we: the law doesn’t change hearts or heal the world. More demands won’t do the trick.

Good works do not give us a righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees. Rather, good works result from righteousness given by the good work of the Righteous One on the cross.

Epiphany celebrates that we have not been left in our hearts’ cold darkness and this spoiled creation.