Accidental Pharisees

Accidental Pharisees:
Avoiding Pride, Exclusivity, and the Other Dangers of Overzealous Faith

By Larry Osborne (Zondervan, © 2012)

“Jesus didn’t come to thin the herd. He didn’t come to recruit ‘special ops’ Christians. His goal was to expand the kingdom, to bring salvation to people who previously were excluded. He came to seek and find the lost, including a large group of folks no one else wanted to invite to the party. Everything about Jesus’ ministry was designed to make salvation and the knowledge of God more accessible.” —Larry Osborne, from the book

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