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Judgment and Discernment

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus moves from personal temptations to interpersonal temptations. He warns against inappropriate judging (v. 1-5) and commends appropriate evaluation...

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Your First Priority

In verses 19-24, Jesus emphasized that we have to choose between serving God or stuff (mammon). That choice has another natural consequence – anxiety. If...

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Where is Your Treasure?

In the first half of Matthew 6, Jesus describes the believer’s private life (giving, praying, fasting); in the second half he is concerned with our...

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Just Do It

Why do you do what you do—to gain the adoration of God or of others? Jesus teaches his disciples to be careful to not “practice...

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No Ordinary Faith

In the Sermon on the Mount, it becomes evident that Jesus believed authentic faith should shape how his disciples relate to people around them. It’s...

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Raise The Bar

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus doesn’t lower the bar when it comes to the law, he raises it. By making it clear that...

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#Blessed

Jesus challenges conventional thinking, in his time and ours, about what it means to be “blessed.” In the Beatitudes, Jesus shows us the marks of...

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I Thirst

John 4 and John 7 present Jesus as Living Water. As Jesus hangs on the cross, we see a picture of the living water drying up –...

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