Tag Archives: hypocrisy

A Little Play Acting Here, A Bit of Cover Up There

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Pete

A crowd had gathered to hear the Savior, but they pushed and shoved and treated each other with “insulting neglect” (Greek Lexicon). They were purportedly there to hear the truth but failed to see the incongruity of stepping on one … Continue reading →

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Love Unfeigned

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Pete

According to my handy-dandy online lexicon, the four word command-to-obey which catches my attention this morning, is but two words in the original. Continuing to read in Romans 12 this morning. After 11 chapters of intense theology, Paul shifts (as … Continue reading →

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Hope Amidst Hypocrisy

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Pete

I don’t know how many times I’ve read the passage, but I’m thinking this may be the first time I’ve hovered over it. Maybe because I’ve been somewhat tuned to the hypocrisy of the religious elite of Jesus’ day by … Continue reading →

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Religious Leaven

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Pete

It’s religious leaven. Allow in even the tiniest amount and it’s gonna spread. While just a little bit might seem quite innocuous at first, once it’s allowed in the mix there’s a good chance it’ll take over. Can’t really see … Continue reading →

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Another “Me Too!”

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Pete

I don’t hear a lot about it in the news these days, but I’m thinking the #MeToo movement continues to make a much needed difference in how casual our culture has become with sexual harassment and how pervasive the reality … Continue reading →

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The Company We’ll Keep

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Pete

Spend some time thinking about them, even just a bit, and you can’t help but getting frustrated. Their insincerity, their duplicity, their hypocrisy . . . it’s enough to drive you nuts! The chief priests and elders came to Jesus … Continue reading →

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Love Genuinely

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Pete

Hovering over Romans 12 this morning.  Not all of it.  But, in particular, four words of it.  Not at the edges of it–neither the part about offering our bodies as living sacrifices, nor the part about not being overcome by … Continue reading →

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Iniquity and Solemn Assembly

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Pete

Maybe it jumps off the page because you’re not expecting for God to say in the Bible, “I can’t do something.” The tendency, rightly so I think, is to equate all-powerful God with can-do-anything God. To interpret “with God all … Continue reading →

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In Step with the Gospel

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Pete

It was a big deal. And he had to be called on it. Though Paul valued Peter’s right hand of fellowship, he could not stand by silently when Peter took a wrong turn–not if it implied something about the gospel … Continue reading →

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Wasted Worship

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Pete

Worship is a terrible thing to waste. Technically, there’s only so much of it anyone can give. Only so much energy that can be called upon for worship, only so much time available to be directed toward worship. And the … Continue reading →

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