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In today’s world it is acceptable to bash on “Pharisees.”  It can even be cool and hip. But as readers can tell from my earlier post titled “ Are you a Pharisaical anti-Pharisee? ”, I am concerned for the direction and outcome of those who sometimes zealously attack others as “Pharisees.”  With the previous post I specifically addressed how some who oppose “Pharisees” (whether real or imagined) can hypocritically and ironically be quite Pharisaical themselves.  In this current post I want to address another issue concerning the direction of those who are zealous in opposing “Pharisees.” Please note that in this and the previous post I am not defending Pharisees or Phariseeism (what I mean by that is the idea that we can be self-righteous before God by our own works and that we can add more laws more higher than God’s laws).  Instead my intention is to point out our own possible blind spots in opposing Pharisees. In opposing Pharisees, please do not become a Sadducee. What do I mean by ...

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear (1 Peter 3:15)   How often we turn to the words of ‘the great commission’ before we embark on a missionary trip or a weekend city-street mission.  And rightly so.  Before we begin our task for God, we ought to have our focus on God’s command to preach the gospel and make disciples. But what is our intention when heading out on endeavours like these?  To glorify God?  To win men and women for Christ?  To be a faithful witness? Or is it to try and prove a point? Living in a society that subtly but powerfully is pushing anything related to God out of the picture, it is possible for Christians to feel uptight, bitter, and perhaps angry towards unbelievers.  Seeing the name and work of Christ being cast into the gutter is going to grieve us, but taking it out on people around us isn’t exactly going to give them the desire to ...

I’m always appalled at some who are quick to call another Christian “Pharisee.” Especially when they relish attacking those whom they see as Pharisees as a means of virtue signalling before another audience they want to please or win over.