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Category Archives: Sermon on the Mount
How high’s the bar?
Sunday I was struck by a convergence of thought. It happens to me every now and then – perhaps it’s a personal problem. This time – what came into focus was one of those deep truths of scripture that too … Continue reading
Setting yourself up for success
Choosing life, a life that bears fruit and a foundation that last depend really on one thing – life lived in trusting relationship with our Creator and Redeemer. It is so deceptively simple that it’s easy to miss. So easy … Continue reading
What are you building?
Scripture has a way of going deeper each time you look at it. Perhaps it that you bring a baseline of understanding from the last time, new experience to draw on or just a different set of lenses based on … Continue reading
It’s about strength
We started this series on the Sermon on the Mount by beginning at the end with 3 images presented by Jesus to those who had listened. 1. Narrow Gate 2. A life judged by it’s fruit 3. A house built … Continue reading
Flirting with the line
“So am I supposed to never get angry and never have a lustful thought?” It’s not practical! No one can do that! That’s what I thought when I first looked at the Sermon on the Mount – especially with what … Continue reading
Brilliant – Talking about lust on Fat Tuesday
I usually back into these things by accident, I swear. The fact that we’re talking about lust on a day popularly associated with excess of all kinds just happened by accident. Forgot to put that in my planning calendar I … Continue reading
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Practices of looking closer
The closer look that the Sermon on the Mount invites us to can be both difficult and freeing. The main challenge as I have interacted with Jesus teaching here over the years is around disengagement of my heart. I pretty … Continue reading
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Looking closer at the Sermon on the Mount
About a decade ago, American Beauty hit the theaters and took home 5 Oscars including best picture and best actor. It was a movie that I honestly avoided when it first came out. Was this just going to a gratuitous … Continue reading
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