Pastors Don’t Do This 10 Become Pastor Pharisee (Part 9 – Manipulate the Poor)

Jesus does not hold back in Matthew 23.14 telling the religious leaders of his day: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation (Matthew 23.14, NKJV). One of the things I have seen far too often is pastors takingContinue reading “Pastors Don’t Do This 10 Become Pastor Pharisee (Part 9 – Manipulate the Poor)”

Pastors Don’t Do This 09 Become Pastor Pharisee (Part 8 – Get In the Way of People)

One of the biggest problems with the Pharisees is that they got in the way of other people growing with God. In Matthew 23.13, talking about the Pharisees Jesus says “woe to you… Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men” (KJV). In the New Living, it says “You shut theContinue reading “Pastors Don’t Do This 09 Become Pastor Pharisee (Part 8 – Get In the Way of People)”