There are few jokes in the Gospels, but we don’t need to read between the lines to sense that Jesus was smiling when he told his disciples what was in it for them. Peter, usually put forward by the ...

“Woe to you hypocrites, who lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven before others. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter” (Matt 23:13). 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; ...