Playlist: Jewish Law (topic)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Six)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe material distinguishes the Jewish code of laws from the law of God by describing it as an extensive body of human regulations developed by the Pharisees and scribes through the tradition of the elders. These additions addressed daily life in minute detail, such as restrictions on writing, erasing, sweeping, or constructing …
The Present Harvest (Part One)
Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)The religious leadership burdened the people with the constraints of the oral tradition, the halakha, loading them with requirements hard to bear while refusing to assist with even one finger. Those traditions of the fathers had become an exhausting yoke that neither the fathers nor their descendants could carry. This relentless …
Jesus Christ's Trial (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPilate's attempt to be neutral in a decision that would have required courage backfired on him, causing him to utterly fail in leadership.
Jesus Christ's Trial (Part One)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsJewish law rests upon a double foundation consisting of the Mosaic law recorded in the Pentateuch and the oral law preserved in the Talmud. The Talmud comprises the Mishnah, which sets forth the basic statutes, and the Gemara, which functions as commentary on those statutes. In capital cases the only court authorized to render …