Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pretense - Part 1\n Luke 14:1\n 09\/28\/2026\n\n\n 1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of\n a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him\n carefully. (ESV)\n\n As we continue to look at the Christian life and the\n perseverance of faith, this week we pray:\n Lord, we implore You, grant Your people grace to\n withstand the temptations of the devil and with pure\n hearts and minds to follow You, the only God; through\n Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns\n with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.\n\n\n The temptations of the devil, the world, and our own sinful\n flesh are simple. When the serpent tempted Eve, he held out the\n promise, ``you shall be like God.'' From that point on, everyone\n believes they are above God's law. The rules do not apply to\n them because they are special.\n\n Our Gospel lesson this week, a healing miracle recorded by\n Saint Luke, shows an example of the arrogance and pretense of the\n religious leaders of Jesus' time. Today the arrogant skeptics,\n the pretentious leaders, those who claim to be more intelligent\n than the average, show the same sin of pride.\n\n ``One Sabbath, when [Jesus] went to dine at the house of a\n ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.''\n Jesus was invited to dine with the Pharisees, not because of His\n love and compassion, but because the Pharisees were trying to\n discredit Him. They believed they were more religious than this\n Rabbi who taught that the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\n\n May our Lord grant us faith which humbly accepts His good\n gifts of forgiveness and life everlasting. Amen.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 28, 2026 Broadcast Pretense – Part 1 Luke 14:1 09\/28\/2026 1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were … Continue reading “Pretense – Part 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5292,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions\/5292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}