College Avenue Baptist Church - San Diego

It is OK to pray publicly, but don’t pray for the audience

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

When you give, don’t turn it into a performance.

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

It was the love of Christ extended to us when we were His enemies that brought us into

the kingdom of God. Now that we are in, we must not forget how we got in!

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

 

We should be so well known for our honesty that no oath would ever add to our credibility

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

Adultery can be mental and emotional, as well as physical. Some decisions to remarry, though legal (and perhaps even blessed by the church) involve adultery

For further marriage resources, please visit: www.cabc.org/content.cfm 

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

Murder originates in your heart, not in your hands.

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

Acceptable righteousness refuses to make God's demands less demanding

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

Doing is an outgrowth of being. What you are is more important than what you do.  What you do results from what you are.  

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

Jesus doesn’t just make speeches; He changes society one person at a time, from the inside out.

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

I will single-mindedly focus on Jesus and His priorities for my life. 

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.