It was so easy to condemn the imperfect and unclean. To protect comfortable traditions, strict legalism, cozy doctrine. Anyone can cling to those things that benefit oneself and exclude those who don’t measure up. Anyone can call others to conform to their self-interest.
Lenten Devotional
Following the Teacher Part 5: Treasure
Were we living in the darkness of thinking our nation and our God were the same thing?
Following the Teacher Part 4…In secret
What the Teacher was saying seemed to sound less like religion and more like relationship.
Following the Teacher Part 3: You have heard it said…
It was a common pattern for the rabbis to use. “You have heard it said…but I say to you….” But what he was saying was anything but common.
Following the Teacher Part 2: The Righteousness of the Pharisees
What if our teachings and traditions have missed the mark? What if the Law was about something more than clean and unclean, legal and illegal, in and out? What if fulfilling Torah is not about being right, but about being light?
