Virtual Methodist

He wasn’t just a thief… Given that the Romans were crucifying him, he was much more than that… he was probably a rebel, a thug, a murderer… a threat to the state… He had lived a ruthless life and was dying an equally ruthless death…Yet at the last minute, he found it in himself to turn to the man unjustly crucified beside him and say: “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” There's actually nothing in the text to say that he said this with any less mockery than his co-condemned had used when he said: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But most believe that he was genuine… That this was the clearest example of a last minute conversion in history. Some people leave everything to the last minute. There’s even a famous website dedicated to finding theatre tickets, gifts and holidays for those who don’t plan ahead… But as has been pointed out by many preachers before me, few of us have the luxury of knowing when our very last minute will be… There may be websit...