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  • [Catholic Caucus] The Sacred Page: The Demanding Laws of Jesus: Readings for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time

    02/10/2023 7:37:11 PM PST · by fidelis · 2 replies
    The Sacred Page Blog ^ | February 11, 2017 | Dr. John Bergsma
    The “Hippie Jesus" is one of the common misunderstandings of Christ that are circulating in popular culture. People think of Jesus as a laid-back guru who traveled around Israel in this Volkswagen Vanagon, accompanied by twelve dudes in tie-died T-shirts. Jesus taught that all we need is Love, and not to be so uptight, like all those rule-bound priests and scribes. Of course, that view of Jesus is wrong. People adopt it, however, because they misunderstand the nature of Jesus’ conflict with the priests, scribes, and Pharisees that dominated Jewish religious practice in his day. Because Jesus criticizes them for...