Anti-Pharisees

Controversial opinions are stock and trade of our lives now. The angrier and the crazier the idea, the more clicks it gets, the more money is made, and the more notoriety the talking head gets. But not all controversial opinions are wrong or bad. Jesus, in Matthew 23, will say much that is controversial, both then and now. Taking aim back at those who have sought to trip him up, he takes the Pharisees to task. Yet, we would be foolish to think that he is not also speaking to us. If we are not to be like them, then what ought we do?