[From my archives.] Ah, those good old Pharisees. They’ve been dead and gone for centuries, yet we never tire of talking about the dangers of their beliefs. I’ve lost count of the number of sermons I’ve heard, articles I’ve seen, and books I’ve read that in some way or another caution the Christians of modern [...]
This is a follow-up to my post “Hypocriticism”, which pointed out some of the causes and effects of Christian hypocrisy. Both were first published in August 2008. I should have known. It’s dangerous to write about hypocrisy, because that gets you thinking about it, and that gets you looking for it. And then you find [...]
(Starring Samuel L. Jackson as the aptly named Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Film) In the Roman world of Jesus’ time, there were many moral problems. There were famines, wars, diseases. There was harsh poverty and decadent luxury. There was political corruption, intrigue, abuse of authority. There was embezzlement, treason, armed insurgents who plotted to overthrow the government. There [...]
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