College Avenue Baptist Church - San Diego (Sermons)

Love your neighbor. 

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.

Ask, and if it is good for you to have it, God will say 'yes.'

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.

As followers of Jesus, we must not have a spirit of condemnation and harsh criticism toward other people.

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.

If we commit ourselves to God, He commits Himself to us. If we commit ourselves to God, He will free us from anxiety and worry. 

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.

What we value determines who we live. If we value that which is eternal, we will choose to serve God.  If we value that which is temporal, we will serve money. 

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 fast, don’t do it for show

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 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.