Pastor Dennis Allan walks us through Mark 7:1-23 where Jesus is confronted by a group of Pharisees seeking to undersratnd why He and His disciples don’t ahdere to the “tradition of the elders” when it comes to washing their hands before eating. Jesus replies with a stinging rebuke, revealing the ways that the Pharisees have created a vast and extensive religious system comrpised of laws God never spoke or initiated. Jesus challenges the Pharisees (and us) on what our hearts most value and how, if our hearts aren’t oriented toward Jesus, nothing else we do matters.