Posts from January 2025
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican
This parable was addressed to people “who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous.” It may have been presented in the actual location where the “story” was set (between the altar and the temple wall). Jesus shows two men who enter the temple specifically to pray. In the ancient Hebrew mind, actually praying IN the temple was being as near God’s presence as was humanly possible. The men enter at one of the normal hours for prayer, but the similarities…