The Pharisee, The Tax Collector, Righteousness, and Repentance - October 26, 2025

October 28, 2025 00:16:15
The Pharisee, The Tax Collector, Righteousness, and Repentance - October 26, 2025
Lawrenceville Christian Church
The Pharisee, The Tax Collector, Righteousness, and Repentance - October 26, 2025

Oct 28 2025 | 00:16:15

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Show Notes

This Sunday, we will consider a familiar parable of Jesus, about the Pharisee and the tax collector who went to the Temple to pray. We’ve heard the story so many times that we think we understand everything about it – it’s bad to be like the Pharisee and good to be like the tax collector? But what if the actual parable is more complex than that? What if the Pharisee was not really bragging, but praying in the way he was taught? What if thinking we’re like the tax collector actually makes us more like the Pharisee? We’ll take a deeper look at this parable and its context this week, as we explore what it means to be righteous and to repent. 

See you Sunday morning, in person or online.

 

First Christian Church of Lawrenceville is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia in Gwinnett County. Find out more by going to our website at https://lawrencevillechristianchurch.org/

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