Category: The Gospel

A motif of pirates in popular culture, “walking the plank” was a method of execution for rogue seafarers. The practice involved extending a wooden plank over the side of a ship and forcing the captive, often bound and blindfolded, to walk across the plank until stepping off the end and falling into the sea, presumably to his death. I have observed, the Christian life is often portrayed in a similar fashion – a kind of walking across a narrow board or balance beam…

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