Eugene Peterson on the process of becoming a Pharisee:
"[Phariseeism is the] slow change from an interior passion to an exterior performance and the shift of attention from the majesty of God to house cleaning for God." (p. 212, The Jesus Way)
Phariseeism is really picking and choosing which commands of God to make important and which to diminish. But I suppose when you sink into outward ritualism you necessarily make the outward ones more important.
Phariseeism is really picking and choosing which commands of God to make important and which to diminish. But I suppose when you sink into outward ritualism you necessarily make the outward ones more important.
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