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D. A. Carson And What He Calls, “Lowest Common Denominator Theology”
A clip appeared on youtube under the channel, Tribute to Don Carson. Carson appeared at Liberty University in a symposium on February 20, 2012, over thirteen years ago. In this video, a faculty member asks Carson about whether it is appropriate to divide over dispensationalism or covenant theology. After a brief, decent and actually surprising […]
Grace Yields a Higher Standard Than Pharisees
The following recent articles and in this chronological order relate to this post. One Two Three Four Five ************************* The Pharisees “The Pharisees” are those historical and biblical characters with whom Jesus interacted in the Gospels. Pharisees are those taking up the mantel of “the Pharisees” since then. The Pharisees inundated the Israel into […]
Surprisingly Harsh Words from Jesus to Dispense Now with Contempt
The Flesh What the New Testament labels “the flesh” is just one nasty piece of human fallenness still possessed by every person living on earth. “The flesh” operates in both true believers and unbelievers. Unbelievers function only in the flesh. The old nature offers up no opposition, so sin dominates the life of an unbeliever. […]
Right Applications of Matthew 5:17-20 and Wrong Ones (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Jesus Is Scriptural Everything that Jesus said in His sermon from Matthew 5:1 to 5:16 was a scriptural concept. Nothing Jesus taught contradicted God’s Word. Jesus is God. On the other hand, the religious leaders in Israel were “making the word of God of none effect through [their] tradition” (Mark […]
What Is the Righteousness of the Pharisees That Ours Is Supposed to Exceed According to Jesus?
In what’s called the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says in Matthew 5:20: For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. I’ve heard this explained in a number of different ways, often, I’ve found, […]
Defining Pharisaism By Fleshing Out Its Confrontation by the Lord Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount
Terms like Pharisaism and legalism are often blunt instruments used today against churches and individual believers. They can be much like the word, racism. People weaponize terms to protect a belief or lifestyle through castigation. At the worst, they want to eliminate the objects of their scorn. Maybe they’re right about the ones they want […]
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