Woe

Matthew 23 – Woe, Woe, Woe! – Part 2

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Last week concluded with Jesus pronouncing two woes upon the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees because they, according to Jesus, kept people out of the kingdom of heaven and raised up followers who were twice as bad as the scribes and Pharisees. These were not, however, the only woes […] Read more

Matthew 23 – Woe, Woe, Woe! – Part 1

Lord's Prayer and Matthew's Gospel, The Lord's Prayer, , , ,

In the past few weeks we have looked at a number of events and parables that shed light on how to better pray, “deliver us from evil,” but we have paid little attention to how these events and parables parallel sections of the Sermon on the Mount. Here are just […] Read more