You are the light of the world…
Several times in the Gospels, Jesus declared Himself to be the light of the world… He usually made this declaration as He was interacting with the Pharisees/other religious leaders, or to the curious...
View ArticleThe heart of the matter…
When I was younger, I equated much of Christianity & my relationship with God to “the Rules:” things I was supposed to do, & things I was NOT supposed to do. If I followed “the Rules,” I was...
View ArticleJesus on $ MONEY $
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenged those that wanted to follow Him to recognize that God’s peoples’ priorities, values, thought processes, & actions run completely counter to those of the...
View ArticleDon’t be a judger…
“Judge not, that you not be judged. ” When Jesus made the statement quoted above, what did He mean? The following verses give us much clearer understanding – they say, in essence: “In the same way...
View ArticleWe have 2 choices…
After having spent the last several months reading, studying, & now teaching through the Sermon on the Mount, I have drawn a couple of conclusions for myself that I don’t think I had before (or at...
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