The religions of the world are preoccupied with performance Prayer rituals works and traditions give people a false sense of righteousness And this is not a new phenomenon in fact Jesus confronted the same themes years ago The Pharisees were the masters of seeming righteous they performed in all the right ways but their hearts were far from God As Jesus calls them out for their hypocrisy we can glean a valuable reminder about what true worship and what truly living for Christ is all about [... more]