Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Rubbish. Trash. Garbage. That's what St. Paul calls everything he has in this world compared to Christ. His position, his esteem, his accomplishments, his knowledge, his righteousness. All of that, he says, is nothing, worthless, compared to Christ. How different the servants in the vineyard and their thinking in the parable Jesus told today. Paul said he'd throw away everything except for Christ. The servants would throw away Christ to keep everything else. He was the stone they rejected.