sins?” And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:36–50) Every human is five hundred denarii in debt. The point of the parable is that we tend to feel only fifty denarii in debt. The more obvious failures of a given culture sense their sinfulness more readily than others and are therefore readier and more eager for a deliverance that sweeps them up out of death with a full and total salvation. One reason our spiritual growth grinds down is that we gradually lose a