a legalist and being cut off from Christ. And that's pretty much the take of the New Testament on the Pharisees. It seems that it was this internal dispute among Jesus' followers that produced ...

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more ...

The Pharisees are known to everybody from the New Testament where they enjoy a very negative press. They clearly are seen as the opponents of Jesus and "the bad guys." Who the Pharisees really ...

In Matthew for instance, there are the "Woes on the Pharisees," whereas at the same time we have statements about Jesus coming to fulfill the law. So there seems to be a debate between Matthew and ...

Show more The word hypocrite gets used with such regularity – and Jesus himself had form using the term. How did the Pharisees became a byword for hypocrisy and is it fair? Was Jesus wrong about ...

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke ...

It is a common truth in todays world that much of Christianity has become warped. Mainstream dogma has been taken over by the morality spewing hippocrate. The basic moral values of Jesus Christ ...

Jesus uses this example as the Pharisees would not criticise or question the actions of their greatest king. Jesus is explaining that human need is more important than man made laws and ...