Redeemer Winston Salem

When we hear this story, most of us want to say, I'm the tax collector. Broken, humble, aware of need. But if we're honest, most of us live far more like the Pharisee. We we make lists, lists to reassure ourselves, to distinguish ourselves. We have little immortality symbols that confer glory upon us to prove we're not like those people. And even when we hear this parable, we're tempted to think, thank God I'm not like that Pharisee.