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Don’t Pretend

‘When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites.’ Matthew 6:5 GWT Back in the first century, actors were called ‘hupokrités’, meaning a stage-player or one who pretends. When Jesus called the Pharisees ‘hypocrites’, He was accusing them of acting out a role and not being genuine. God isn’t moved by our attempts to fake it. [...]

Today’s Readings

Joshua 16–19:23 16:1 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor [...]