Citizens Weekly

The sermon on the mount continues with Jesus directing the listeners to release worry and allow the beauty of God and His creation to take our attention.

Learning to pray the LORD's prayer is essential for disciples. We know this because Jesus gave it to His disciples as a model for prayer. Praying the LORD's prayer (or Scripture in general) also grounds us in eternal language steeped in God's promises, Truth, and living Holy Spirit.

As kingdom citizens and followers of Jesus, how should we think about money? In this message, we explore greed, stewardship, generosity, and sacrificial giving.

In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus says that He did not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them. As clearly as this may be stated, it still raises several questions, including why Jesus did not wish to abolish the Law and what exactly His fulfillment of the Law means for us now.

Jesus gives his followers a specific identity of being salt of the earth, light of the world, and the city in a hill. Through these 4 verses, we explore how we often lose sight of that identity and how we get our saltiness back.