Sermon Topic: Pharisees

Paul’s Defense of the Faith

Date: March 14th, 1954  |  Scripture: Acts 22:1-31  |  Topics: Martyrdom, Paul, Pharisees, Sadducees, Stephen

Pastor W.A. Criswell brings the morning message from the twenty-second chapter of the Book of Acts.


The Religion of Hand Washing

Date: August 7th, 1966  |  Scripture: Matthew 15:1-20  |  Topics: Faithlessness, Pharisees, Religion, Ritual, Self-Effort, works

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever tContinue Reading


The Brazen Serpent

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:


Witnessing to Sadducees

Date: April 24th, 1977  |  Scripture: Acts 4:1-8  |  Topics: Healing, Holy Spirit, Materialism, Peter, Pharisees, Sadducees

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, And AnnaContinue Reading


Paul in the Storm of Prejudice

Date: February 4th, 1979  |  Scripture: Acts 23:1-35  |  Topics: Paul, Pharisees, Prejudice, Sadducees

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the highContinue Reading