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If he is claiming that Matthew was translated from Hebrew, I'm skeptical too. But that's probably not the main point of the video ;-> It's not the main point of the first half of the video. Not sure yet, but I think he's pretty heavily invested in the idea that much of the NT was originally written...

Since we have a couple other threads going that deal with legalism and the Pharisees, I thought I'd post this video that is a former Pharisee talking about the Pharisees and their belief system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tddCNY6U77Y I've only listened to the first half of this video but have f...

Okay some good answers. If the perspective of a rule of the church is that its legalistic, is it wrong to obey it? I think this depends on what it is. Obviously, Jesus wanted the Pharisees to come out of their legalism and He wouldn't have advocated them continuing in all those laws. I would apply ...

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How was that pride manifested? How are you defining pride? Can you cite verses from Matthew 23 that illustrate this? I think I would define this pride as hubris. Thinking themselves to be great, to be masters, to be righteous because of their dress. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of m...

I had someone tell me recently that the Pharisees were actually good people, at least in the sense that they kept the law. I do see that this passage says that they didn't actually practice what they preached (in today's language), so I don't know if that means they were actually breakers of the law...

Lots of good answers here. I'm probably just repeating what others have said. 1) Works or performance based religion (as opposed to works as a natural result of genuine faith). 2) A heavy emphasis on "perfect doctrine" or the church standard (i.e. rules), at the expense of faith and unfeig...

A quote from Menno Simons: "The Scripture does not teach that we are baptized into one body by any mere sign, as water, but that we are baptized into one body by one Spirit, 1 Cor. 12:13" (Taken from The Complete Works of Menno Simon 1871 Edition, A Humble and Christian Defense, Page 301) ...

I'm curious if any of you have ever read any of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings such as The Cost of Discipleship or Life Together , or the biography by Eric Metaxas published in 2011 titled Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy ? I'm currently working my way through the latter. It's a bit daunting...

I think that the reasons for NOT including very much detail are not so much to protect one's own privacy, or reputation, but out of consideration for the hearers - to avoid creating unnecessary temptations for your fellow Christians through details that lead to clear visualization of the conduct be...