Many years ago, a friend stopped by my office to talk to me about something. As soon as he walked in, I noticed that something was wrong: he was red-faced and somewhat agitated (which was unusual for him). So I asked (accused) him: “why are you so angry? You’re red-faced…” And he said, “why are […]
Read More Identifying My Hypocrisy“Jesus Teaches: On Judging and Judgmentalism”Luke 6:36-42June 29, 2025 While Jesus was known as a compelling speaker and a plain speaker, He was regularly misunderstood. And He continues to be misunderstood. One of the most misunderstood statements is the one that is in our passage this morning, “Do not judge and you will not be […]
Read More Jesus Teaches: On Judging and JudgmentalismHypocrisy. Say the word and undoubtedly some past experience, activity, or person comes to mind. When we hear that word, we remember the hypocrisy and inconsistencies of others. We remember their failures and how they sinned against us while purporting to have attained a level of righteousness. We think of their lives and we look […]
Read More The sins of hypocrisyTwo sentences prepared my heart for my Bible reading this morning. First, while reading Thomas Watson (reading a Puritan immediately after awakening is good and enlivening for the soul), I came across this sentence: “A man may be carnal while he is doing spiritual things…He delights in hearing [the Word of God] but it is […]
Read More “It is good for us to be here”This morning we read in Hosea the accusation that “Ephraim has become a cake not turned” (7:8). If you are reading carefully, you have to ask what the prophet means. Spurgeon provided one answer: A cake not turned is uncooked on one side; and so Ephraim was, in many respects, untouched by divine grace: though […]
Read More A cake not turned…God says, “For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith” (Rom. 12:3). How might that kind of humility be […]
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