God I Thank Thee

You are well acquainted, of course, with the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican who went to the temple to pray.  We find it recorded in Luke 18:9-14.  Likely as not, you’ve always heard the Pharisee condemned and the Publican commended, which is correct as we may readily gather from verse 9. But, apart now from the intents and thoughts of their hearts, is it not perhaps possible that this prayer of the Pharisee, taken as a whole, is a very proper prayer?  It is our contention that it is...