Adventures in Theology

Have you ever done the right thing for the wrong reasons? In Matthew 6:1-6 Jesus challenges our motivation why we do something and, more specifically, who we do it for. After all, our audience will always reward us, so who is our audience and what does that reveal about the authenticity of our righteousness? 

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Turn the other cheek? Pray for our enemies? Everything that is said in Matthew 5:38-48 sounds too idealistic and not practical to actually live out. Or is that the case? What if Jesus was inviting us into a greater level of "wholeness" as we reverse retaliation and repay our enemies with love? Join us as we adventure into one of the most difficult passages in the Bible in terms of putting into action the ethics of our Lord!

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What does it mean to have a righteousness that surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees? Is this even feasible? What if it was? What is Jesus getting at, here? As we look at Matthew 5:20-37, we see how Jesus begins to unpack what this "greater righteousness" is. The true righteousness that surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees. Today we address what Jesus says about anger and lust, with far more implications than can be summarized in such a quick description! 

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Have you ever heard idiomatic terms or phrases that needed explaining? The terms "salt" and "light" are terms that need a deeper exploration. As we look at Matthew 5:13-20, we see how Jesus calls His followers "salt" and "light," terms that connect them to the greater story of the Bible. His point? Well, you'll have to listen in to find out! I reference quite a few passages today, (in this order): Numbers 18:19, 2 Chronicles 13:5, Exodus 30:35, Leviticus 2:13, & Isaiah 42:6.

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Being pure in heart does not equate to being perfect in heart. As we look at Matthew 5:8 we see how, when we cross-reference it with Psalm 51, is not about never doing anything wrong again, but about a heart condition that rhythmically returns to God in repentance, knowing that God is the only one who can purify and renew our heart so that we can stand pure before Him. In this episode, we conclude the macarisms and go all the way through verse 10. (Technically verses 11-12 are part of the macarisms as a continual thought on the eighth macarism.) Keep listening in the following weeks as we continue exploring the Sermon on the Mount!

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Mercy: it is so much more than how many of us narrowly think of it! Looking at Matthew 5:7 we explore the broad and dynamic meaning of mercy and how we can even learn something incredibly memorable and powerful about mercy from an illustration about a cup and the ocean. Tune in and try the challenge at the end of the episode!

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Jesus congratulates those who hunger for righteousness. But what does righteousness even mean? Looking at Matthew 5:6 we lean into looking a little closer as to what it means to be a people that are desperate for righteousness. 

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What do all world powers throughout history? Well, they certainly did not rise to rule the world by means of meek methods. Yet, in Matthew 5:5 Jesus congratulates the gentle-spirited because they will inherit the earth. How can this be? And what does this mean? Join us as we explore the counter-intuitive way to take over the world according to Jesus!

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In the second macarism (Matthew 5:4), Jesus congratulates those who are grieving as the ones who have it figured out. Why? A few questions provoke this... What kind of mourning are we talking about? How does mourning lend itself to experiencing God's comfort? And in what way does God deal with the very things that cause us grief? Listen in as we go in-depth on the second macarism in Jesus's paradoxical path to true happiness!

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Does the world really know the best way to live? The Sermon on the Mount presents a counter-intuitive way of being that produces true flourishing. We begin this series by looking at Matthew 5:1-3 and how the paradox of happiness is presented as a posture of the heart, specifically, recognizing that we are spiritual beggars before God. Listen in as we explore how Jesus connects spiritual poverty to being "happy" or "blessed," and how this results in receiving the kingdom of heaven. 

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