Be encouraged! Don't let anyone tell you that your role as a Christian at home or at work is insignificant. It has global, salt-of-the-earth, light-of-the-world significance! This means that everything we do as a Christian has purpose and a global impact.

We tend to rely on authorities and look for footnotes, but the Sermon on the Mount is the King teaching about the Kingdom. When Jesus says, "I tell you," it's a claim to supreme authority.

We tend to rely on authorities and look for footnotes, but the Sermon on the Mount is the King teaching about the Kingdom. When Jesus says, "I tell you," it's a claim to supreme authority.

The idea of meekness is power under control. So it's not weakness, and it does include boldness. A meek person has been well trained; he or she is not easily frightened or apt to run away.

The idea of meekness is power under control. So it's not weakness, and it does include boldness. A meek person has been well trained; he or she is not easily frightened or apt to run away.

We are able to communicate with people all around the world through social media in a high-tech reality that we never could have imagined just a few years ago. But we also long for a high-touch reality.

We are able to communicate with people all around the world through social media in a high-tech reality that we never could have imagined just a few years ago. But we also long for a high-touch reality.

Perhaps you've been looking in all sorts of other places for God. You've gone to people trying to sort out your problems. Jesus says He is the blessing, and if you really seek Him with a pure heart, you will find Him!

Perhaps you've been looking in all sorts of other places for God. You've gone to people trying to sort out your problems. Jesus says He is the blessing, and if you really seek Him with a pure heart, you will find Him!

The Sermon on the Mount is often thought of merely as an ethical framework or a set of rules. But in a Christ-centered framework, it has two purposes: to show us that we could never be perfect, and to point us to the One who can save us.