Thoughts on Luke 20:27-40 and the Resurrection

Sometimes you have to take a step back from a Biblical passage and ask yourself what the main point really is. The reading from chapter 20 of Luke’s Gospel is like that, I think.

The Sadducees come to Jesus. Theywere a group of secular Jews who did not believe in the resurrection. Oftentimes, we think of the Pharisees as the “bad guys” in the New Testament. But, actually the Pharisees were the group of Jews who were very pious and sought to obey God’s Law. Now, they were misguided in this pie...