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Hello, human race
4. Have decided that we don’t want to get what we deserve after all, and we don’t want anyone else to either. Step 4 is a turning point for the recovering Pharisee. The first three steps are negative attitudes we … Continue reading
Getting what we deserve?
Step 3. Realize that we detest mercy being given to those who, unlike us, haven’t worked for it and don’t deserve it. The classic illustration of this attitude of the Pharisees is seen in a parable Jesus told about a … Continue reading
No mercy
Step 3. Realize that we detest mercy being given to those who, unlike us, haven’t worked for it and don’t deserve it. “Hi, my name is John, and I’m a Pharisee.” And this is when you’re all supposed to go, … Continue reading
Oh mercy
Step 3. Realize that we detest mercy being given to those who, unlike us, haven’t worked for it and don’t deserve it. The Pharisees don’t like mercy because they are legalists. Legalists base everything on the law. They are interpreters … Continue reading
Rain on me
Step 2. Have come to believe that our means of obtaining greatness is to make everyone lower than ourselves in our own mind. I find myself loving people who in turn are loving to me But what you ask is … Continue reading
In the receiving line
In our first 12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee video, I talked about a women I have a tendency to judge as a pay back for an unfair judgment I think she made of me. At the end of the … Continue reading
Here comes the judge
Step 1. We admit that our single most unmitigated pleasure is to judge other people. We can do this almost without thinking. We can do this with our eyes closed. Someone cuts in front of us in line and we … Continue reading
A cult-buster book
12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me) has impacted people more than any book I’ve written. Story after story reveals how people have been set free from legalism and the resulting bondage it creates — bondage to authoritarianism, to … Continue reading
12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me)
“How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?” (Galatians 3:3 NLT) They’ll never see the light if all you preach is hate … Continue reading
John Fischer The Catch 