Bread signifies survival and the bible talks a lot about it. Matt follows the bread crumbs all through the bible and ultimately to Christ as the bread of life. What does this mean for us today?

In the final episode of our "unconventional wisdom" series on Jesus's 'Sermon on the Mount', after seeing the radical beauty of God's Kingdom, pastor Matt takes us through Matthew 7:21-29 and challenges us to inquire if we are indeed a part of this kingdom. We also learn that the phrase 'this too shall pass' only applies to Christians---as we know that all the struggles, sin, and pain, of our lives was taken on by Christ and will not be with us forever. It is only if we build our life on Christ's foundation, “the rock,” rather than the “sand” in which the world tells us we should build our life on, that our “house” will weather the storm of life.

Jesus says 'narrow is the way that leads to life'. That confounds our modern sensibilities which assumes that more, bigger, wide,... is better. Ralph dug deep to show us the wisdom in the way, the right way that leads to life; a wisdom that is much needed especially for our age.

Boaz leads us through Matthew 7:1-12, where Jesus points out the reality that we all judge others and feel good about it, yet expect others not to judge us. Jesus shows us that in reality, He is the one who in his perfection has every right to judge us, yet gives us unlimited grace despite our sin and dies for us instead. Therefore rather than pointing out other people's sins, Boaz discusses how we should examine our own shortcomings and come to God with them. When we see our own shortcomings, we can realise our need for Christ and his grace, which changes our heart and helps us to reflect Christ's love towards others rather than judge them (which is a way of trying to be God ourselves).

In spite of more stuff, more money, more information, more food options, we are increasingly becoming more and more worried as a people. Will having more control cure our worry? Eric shows through God's word and what really lies at the root of our worry and leads us to what can really cure that worry.

That we can reach out to the ultimately powerful God and call Him father, is the most stunning thing ever. In this sermon, Ralph shows us how to pray and what it means to speak to a God who is close to us and wants us to draw close to Him.

Are we living for likes or for love? In a world that pushes us to present only our 'best selves,' Jesus calls us to something radically different. In this sermon from Matthew 6:1-8 and 16-18, Eric unpacks how Christ challenges the pursuit of human approval and invites us into a life of authentic faith.

Can we show love in the face of injustice? Does turning the other cheek mean giving up justice to be loving? In this sermon from Matthew 5:33-38, Matt (the preacher) shows true love as neither retaliating nor being walked over. Instead, God calls us to respond with radical grace while still confronting evil.

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Ralph takes us through Matthew 5, where we learn the depth of our lust, how it enslaves us, that radical action is required to fight it, and how Jesus is the only one who can free us from it.

Ralph takes us through Matthew 5:21-30, to help us self reflect our hearts and how we hurt others, while showing us Jesus the only one who can grant us total transformation from the inside out.

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