Sermon on the Mount

Jesus the Teacher

Jesus taught that obeying the commandments is a matter of

January 1, 2024|Categories: Christ, Devotionals, Fasting, Father, Idolatry, Obedience, Prayer, Teaching|Tags: Fasting, Jesus the Teacher, Materialism, Sermon on the Mount|

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Christ Back in Christian

We need to put Christ back into Christian.  We have

November 1, 2022|Categories: Christ, Christian, Cross, Devotionals, Discipleship, Humility, Teaching|Tags: Christ Back in Christian, Emmanuel, Sermon on the Mount, Violence|

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Christ Back in Christian

We need to put Christ back into Christian.  We have

January 27, 2022|Categories: Christ, Christian, Christlikeness, Cross, Devotionals, Humility, Teaching|Tags: Apprentice, Christ Back in Christian, Emmanuel, Non-violent, Sermon on the Mount|

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Christian Virtues

The virtues of Christianity are expressed in the Sermon on

April 28, 2021|Categories: Character, Christlikeness, Devotionals, Spirit, Surrender|Tags: Character, Christian Virtues, Fruit of the Spirit, Sermon on the Mount|

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Reversing Chaos

In Jewish thought the sea represented chaos.  Before the creation

January 26, 2021|Categories: Creation, Devotionals, New Creation, Spirit|Tags: Chaotic Waters, Disorder, Fractured world, Lamb-ness, Logos, New Creation, Reversing Chaos, Sermon on the Mount, Spirit-filled, The great flood, Violence, Wickedness|

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Like Our Teacher (2)

When Jesus received His followers out of the world, He

November 13, 2020|Categories: Christ, Devotionals, Discipleship, Forgiveness, Formation, Growth, Kingdom of God, Sin|Tags: Israel's Story, Like Our Teacher, Messiah, New wine, Old wine, Politics, Rome, Sermon on the Mount|

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“But I Say To You”

Jesus said, “You have heard it was said…but I say

September 18, 2018|Categories: Christ, Devotionals, Freedom, God's Word|Tags: “But I Say To You”, Age to Come, Era, moralism, Mt Sinai, Sermon on the Mount, Ten Commandments|

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Self-Righteous Deflection

We have a way of deflecting focus from our own

January 31, 2018|Categories: Christ, Devotionals, Repentance, Sin|Tags: Moral high ground, Self-Righteous Deflection, Sermon on the Mount, Shortcomings, Sins|

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Jesus Blesses Children

How will we ever save our children in this destructive

September 24, 2017|Categories: Christ, Devotionals, God's Word|Tags: Destructive Climate, Jesus Blesses Children, Parables, Rampant Evil, Sermon on the Mount, Sunday school teacher, Teaching|

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Prince Of Peace Weapons

We cannot and will not advance the Kingdom of God

August 5, 2015|Categories: Christ, Devotionals, Humility, Kindness, Kingdom of God, Love, Relationships, Spirit|Tags: Angry Rhetoric, Meekness, Peacemaking, Prince of Peace, Sermon on the Mount, Virtues|

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Christian Virtues

The virtues of Christianity are expressed in the Sermon on

September 8, 2014|Categories: Devotionals, Discipline, Formation, Spirit|Tags: Character, Christian Virtues, Fruit of the Spirit, Human, Sermon on the Mount|

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The Government of God

Bring your life under the governance of God.  The principles

July 9, 2013|Categories: Devotionals, Kingdom of God|Tags: Captives, Golden Rule, Government, Great Commandment, Humility, Poor, Self-denial, Sermon on the Mount|

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