parable of the sheep and the goats was not a theological but a practical one: Have they given food and drink to the hungry, welcomed strangers, clothed the naked, and visited the sick and those in prison (Matt. 25:31–46)? Such behavior is the natural fruit of true religion: “Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? So, every sound tree bears good fruit” (Matt. 7:16–17). But if the fruit of Christian faith seems in general to be neither better nor worse than the fruit of Jewish, Muslim,
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