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Lauren Green, host of "Lighthouse Faith" podcast, shares insights into Holy Week for Christians and others of faith; the week leads up to the death and resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.

Throughout Matthew 22, Jesus has been on the receiving end of various theological debates — with the Pharisees over paying taxes to Caesar, and the Sadducees over the resurrection of the dead.

Jesus could not reach them in their solitude and self-assurance. Only by his death could he hope to crack open their isolation from God’s love for them. Not all Pharisees were enemies of the Gospel.

Once again, the Pharisees want to trap Jesus. Matthew 22 is full of controversies. After opening with the parable of the wedding feast and the man without a wedding garment, there follow four ...

The Rev. Charles E. Whited Jr. is senior pastor of First Trinity Lutheran Church in Tonawanda. Raised in an atheist family, he became a Christian at the age of 18.