Jesus teaches that defilement comes not from what we eat, but from what we say. This paper explores the power of words and ...

The conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees mainly concerned the additions to the written law. In Matthew 12:1, the Pharisees accused the disciples of breaking the Sabbath because they took ears ...

There were several competing Jewish sects at the time of Jesus’ life. The most prominent and influential, the Pharisees, further integrated the concept of resurrection into Jewish thought.

Finally, Jesus summarized the entire Torah in two commandments: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–40). These two ...

There is a story from Jesus’ life, in which the Pharisees and the Sadducees, two church political groups, tested Jesus. They ...

Why did Jesus tell his fellow Jews to be like the Good Samaritan if not to call all people out of their tribalism? The only time He spoke of snakes was to call the Pharisees a “brood of vipers ...

Some of the most famous beats of Jesus’ story — overturning the money changers tables in the Temple courtyard, criticizing the Pharisees’ Jewish practices, invalidating religious law — set ...

For the next several years, we will be having various 250th anniversaries related to the birth of our country through the ...

“Jesus Christ Superstar” has risen on the Asolo Rep stage. After a gestation as a 1970 concept album, Andrew Lloyd Webber and ...

Mary Magdalene’s house is just over the wall, as is Matthew’s place, both of them a stone’s throw from the temple where Jesus condemned the Pharisees. The majestic swell of Mount Tabor lies ...

This is particularly well done in the scene where Jesus calls his disciples to become ... Seeing this on screen hammers the point home — the Pharisees are depicted as one-dimensionally ...