Leading Lights?

Leading Lights?

“What do the rabbis say?” That was what Jews said when there was a religious question in Jesus’ day. The word of the scribes and Pharisees carried weight. But depending on them for answers proved to be disastrous. These Bible scholars disagreed with each other and...
Love Your Enemies?

Love Your Enemies?

Love Your Enemies?   We understand that we should love our family and friends, but love our enemies? How is that possible? Books have been written about hard sayings of Jesus. If there is one command that has puzzled Bible readers for centuries, this is it. How...

Hypocrisy

The English word “hypocrisy” comes from a Greek word that primarily meant a reply or an answer and came to mean the acting of stage-players as they would answer one another in dialogue; thus the meaning of dissembling (“dissimulation” as...

Jesus’ Most Severe Words

The more serious a sin is, the more severely God condemns it. We see this principle in the life of Jesus.  The Lord did not approve of any sin, but there were times when He was especially stern with people. Who were these people? What had they done? When Jesus used...