About this episode

The episode explores the contrasting prayers of a Pharisee and a Tax Collector in Luke 18, revealing insights about justification and the nature of the Gospel.

As Luke 18 continues, Jesus resets the rhetorical stage with a fresh batch of characters - this time a Pharisee and a Tax Collector who both find themselves at prayer. And yet, if the two characters occupations couldn't be more different, the same is true about their approach to God...yet Jesus tells us only of them went home "justified." Which one? Why? And what does that reveal about ourselves? About God? And about the true nature of the Gospel?

Topics covered

• religion
• repentance
• prayer
• justification
• self-awareness
• Gospel

Keywords

• Luke 18
• Pharisee
• Tax Collector
• prayer
• justification
• Gospel
• self-awareness
• repentance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 18:9-14

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