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That You May Be Sons of Your Father – Matthew 5:43-48
USA reporter Kirsten Powers wrote in her article about Christians forgiving the unspeakable that at the 2015 bond hearing of Dylan Roof, who shot and killed 9 members of the Charleston, South Carolina
Continue reading...A Platform for Evangelism – Matthew 5:38-42
I recently heard a message from pastor and author Tim Keller about evangelism in our current American culture. He talked about how much the mindset has changed since mere decades ago and how we must change
Continue reading...Truth Telling, Not Swearing – Matthew 5:33-37
Someone tongue in cheek has given a formula for determining a politician’s productivity: multiply the lies by the promises and divide by the smirks. We give politicians a hard time but broken promises
Continue reading...What Is Love? – Matthew 5:31,32
Cindy Wright and her husband Steve have a marriage ministry, but she confesses that it has taken her a long time to realize what it takes to honor her marriage: “Love isn’t something that’s
Continue reading...Lust and Adultery – Matthew 5:27-30
Then presidential candidate Jimmy Carter said in an interview in Playboy magazine in 1976: “I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows
Continue reading...More Than We Want to Admit – Matthew 5:21-26
Sheryl Crow sings a rather haunting song called “Murder in My Heart” and one of the stanzas says, “Went out late last night, Just to get a little air, And I walked beneath the streetlights,
Continue reading...Moral Righteousness – Matthew 5:17-20
I was recently in a discussion with some men in my church about ethics and a distinction was made between ethics and morals. I know this is somewhat artificial, but think of ethics as one’s standard
Continue reading...Salty Light – Matthew 5:13-16
Why is Matthew including, at some length, this sermon of Jesus from the mount (Luke includes a portion of this sermon preached on another occasion, Jesus no doubt preaching the message in several towns
Continue reading...What Is Marital Love – Matthew 5:31,32
Cindy Wright and her husband Steve have a marriage ministry, but she confesses that it has taken her a long time to realize what it takes to honor her marriage: “Love isn’t something that’s
Continue reading...Mountainside Sermon – Matthew 5:1-12
I’ve heard some pretty amazing sermons in my life. I even studied one in American history, Jonathan Edward’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Sermons have moved people to good and evil
Continue reading...Gone Fishing – Matthew 4:1-25
I attended a men’s retreat one year, a fishing retreat, and was paired with a older boy and a fishing pro in a boat on the river. The pro told us exactly where to cast our lines and sure enough we
Continue reading...Stay Tuned for an Important Announcement – Matthew 4:12-17
What do you think are the most important announcements the world has ever heard? What about Satan’s announcement to Adam and Eve, “You will not surely die”? Or what about the announcement
Continue reading...Temptation – Matthew 4:1-11
How do you deal with temptation? The easiest way, it seems, is to give in to it, but that leads to the saddest of lives. God uses our conscience to help us say no to temptation to sin. Adam said yes, and
Continue reading...Jesus and the Spirit – Matthew 3:11-17
My senior year in high school was amazing from the standpoint of learning more about being a Christian. I was sharing my faith and people were responding with challenges to my theology. Can you really
Continue reading...Going Through the Motions – Matthew 3:1-12
Yes, there really is a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” musical soundtrack and in the overture Buffy sings about going through the motions: “Every single night the same arrangement. I go out
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