The Zacchaeus Option (for Christians Who Don’t Want to be Perfect)

The Middle Way for Good Christians Looks like Socialism

Will Shetterly
Comrade Morlock’s Journal
4 min readMar 26

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Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255–1319), Entry into Jerusalem (detail)

It’s hard for Christians to meet Jesus’s definition of perfection:

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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Will Shetterly
Comrade Morlock’s Journal

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