March, 2010 (8)

  • Sabbath: Blessing or Bondage? (6:1-11)

    The Pharisees were determined to keep the law rigorously. But they turned the sabbath into an instrument of misery. Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, is the only one who can enable sinners to use the sabbath as it was intended to be used.

  • New Garment, New Wine (5:33-39)

    Jesus's grace was able to transform tax collectors and sinners. The Pharisees had not understood that Jesus's coming had brought radical, life-changing grace into the world. Nor could they understand the joy of those who experience that grace. Have we?