New Testament

Jesus gives a long list of ethical demands for His disciples that seem contrary to everything that comes naturally.

Paul argues that now as the Messiah has come and has achieved what the entire Hebrew Bible (i.e., the Old Testament) has been moving toward, the Scriptures can be read as an open book.

The problem is not that we are unrepentant. The problem is our contrition is too small.

Sabbath breaking, hand healing, legalism, and the Beatitudes.