Christ used the "leaven of the Pharisees" to show us all how we easily can fall into feeling we are doing God's will by our efforts, and not by having His core approach guiding us. In other words we can become people who do things which we define as righteous, rather than allow God to create His way of selfless service and sacrifice without expectation of reward in us.

David Roenspies

(1943-2015)

David Roenspies (1943-2015) and his wife, Artis, both graduated from Ambassador College, Pasadena, California. David served in the ministry 47 years and pastored churches in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. His most recent assignment was pastoring the Beloit and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, congregations until his death in 2015.