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In The Sandals of a Pharisee: “Thank God I’m not like those people”

This was posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 at 2:37 pm by Mitch

Our tendency is to compare ourselves to others to prove our righteousness. In reality, we only receive our righteousness from Jesus. The difference is salvation.   | more...

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Whose sermon is it?

This was posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 at 11:43 am by Mitch

All of us who preach, explain, and interpret God’s Word must recognize that we are merely messengers delivering the words of someone else. In our communication of these words we can place our confidence in their truth, but at the same time we must be humble about our interpretation of them.   | more...

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In The Sandals of a Pharisee: Your Righteousness Must Exceed Theirs

This was posted on Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at 3:20 pm by Mitch

Jesus tells us that our righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees if we wish to enter the kingdom of heaven. Why?   | more...

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In The Sandals of a Pharisee: Discovering Our Pharisaical Tendencies

This was posted on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 10:18 pm by Mitch

We often separate ourselves from the Pharisees, thinking we aren’t like them, when in fact, we are very much like them. This post is the introduction to a series of posts I am going to do. I want to uncover my Pharisaical tendencies so I can see even more how much I need Jesus.   | more...

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