Submitted Christian Writings
~~~ Parables for Modern Academia ~~~
New Revised Academic Version (NRAV)
- By Deborah and Loren Haarsma
If Jesus taught on the campus today,
what might His parables say?
Luke 12:16-21
The grant proposals of a certain professor were all approved. She thought to herself,
"What shall I do? My lab space isn't big enough for all these projects." Then
she said, "This is what I'll do. I'll get brand new lab space and hire many new
post-docs and graduate students. And I'll say to myself, 'You have tenure and many
research projects which will produce papers for years to come. Take life easy; go to
conferences and take sabbaticals.'"
But God said to her, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded of you.
Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?" This is how it will be with
anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich towards God. (Luke 12:16-21)
