Tradition and God’s Word
Mark 7 tells one of the more well-known accounts of Jesus’ confrontations with the Pharisees. The Pharisees and some scribes had seen Jesus’ disciples eating with “impure” or unwashed hands.…
Tag: law
Themes of the Law
The Decalogue (Ten Commandments) is probably the the most well-known part of the Law of Moses (Exod 20; Deut 5). The framework for the rest of the Law is found…
That “Ugh” Feeling when Reading Scripture
Don’t pretend you don’t have it. When reading Scripture there are people, events, and laws that make us gasp and, think, “really, how? Why?” and they cause repulsion. If they…
Mercy Not Sacrifice
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees…
The Intent of the Law
“Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise…
The Fulfillment of the Law
The relationship of the Old Covenant to the New is a longstanding discussion. Thinking that the Old was simply abolished and has little to no impact on the New is…