BIG QUESTIONS #005 – Should Religion and Politics mix?

Read Matthew 23:27-28 to get started …

In this piece of scripture Jesus directly challenges the Pharisees and Sadducees and calls them hypocrites. These Jewish officials were the politicians of the time in Judah, (Israel used to be called Judah). The Romans who conquered and occupied the territory, (renaming it Judea), were quite happy to allow the internal affairs to be governed by the Jewish population. Jesus came head to head with th...