Hypocrisy
Jesus Versus the Jewish Leaders
08/25/10 12:34
Jesus took the scribes and Pharisees to task because they abused the power they enjoyed as a result of being able to read and write at a time when most people were illiterate. The average Jew spoke Aramaic at home and Greek in business dealings, but could not read the ancient Hebrew prayers and scrolls in the synagogue. Wide-spread illiteracy coupled with the prevalence of three languages led to abuses in how precepts of the faith were interpreted by the scribes and Pharisees. They used their knowledge to become a law unto themselves. Read More...
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Jesus Lambasts Hypocritical Pharisees
10/14/09 11:32
Pointing a finger at others misses the whole point of Jesus’ ministry: we’re supposed to compare ourselves to Hm and Him alone. By that standard, we all fall short. Read More...
Woe to Hypocrites
08/26/09 11:36
Authentic Christianity has little to do with outward appearances and everything to do with our interior life. It means that, when we give public witness to our faith, we do so with humility, giving all the honor and glory to God. Read More...
Woe to the Jewish Leaders
10/15/08 09:05
Teenagers are especially vulnerable to cyber crime. Parents need to teach their children to think before they link and not to do anything online that they wouldn’t do in public. To safeguard their children’s safety, parents can install a firewall, ant-virus software, spyware and adware. Read More...
The Pharisee's Cup
10/14/08 05:06
The Pharisees were so full of hypocrisy that they never emptied the cup in order to clean the inside. To empty the cup, is to answer the call to holiness each day. It means slowing down and setting aside the cares of the world, in order to spend some quite time in prayer, reflection and spiritual reading. Read More...
Jesus on Hypocrisy
09/28/08 04:35
Authentic Christianity has little to do with outward appearances and everything to do with our interior life. It means that, when we give public witness to our faith, we do so with humility, giving all the honor and glory to God.
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