Grace 242

Title: Pre-Snap Penalties and Pointed Fingers
Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:1-5
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

Today's passage is simultaneously one of the most quoted and least understood sections of scripture.

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: How Do You Forgive a Nazi?
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:43-45
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

This is probably the most difficult section of an already difficult sermon. How do we shown what we've been shown to our enemies? Four verbs: 1. Remember 2. Look 3. Ask 4. Approach

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: How Georgia Guys Showed God's Goodness
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:7
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

Today's sermon examines the difference between mercy and grace from 4 Standpoints. 

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: The Worst Worst-Case Scenario
Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:21-23
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

What's even worse than someone not knowing Jesus and dying and going to hell? Matthew 7:21-23 tells us. 

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: Slippery Sand and Saving Stone
Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:24-27
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

At the end of His sermon, Jesus contrasts two foundations: the sand and the rock. We examine two sandy foundations and the one solid foundation that we ought to be building on.  

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: If You Could be Any Animal, Which One Would You Be?
Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:6, Matthew 10:11-16
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

Picking up where we left off last week, what are the practical implications for Matthew 7:6? How can we live out Matthew 7:6 in our own lives? Jesus shows us. We must be three animals: 1. Be Snakes 2. Be Dove 3. Be Sheep.

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: Don't Be Dumb
Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:6
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

In this seemingly obscure, non-sequential, single-verse teaching, Jesus teaches us not be D.U.M.B. John 6 is an illustration of Matthew 7:6. 

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: Hide it Under a Bushel? No!
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:13-16
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are in a series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapters 5-7. 

Jesus, in Matthew 5:13-16, gives us an equation: Salt + Light = Glorified Heavenly Father. As a part two to last week's message, how can we glorify our Heavenly Father by living as salt and light? There are three Ways. 1. Engage the Wealth. 2. Engage the Word. 3. Engage the World.

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: When High Sodium Content is Good
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:13-16
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are beginning a new series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5-7. 

Jesus, in Matthew 5:13-16, gives us an equation: Salt + Light = Glorified Heavenly Father. In this week we dig into the biblical interpretation of what Jesus means when He likens His followers to Salt and Light. Pastor Bill ends this sermon by riffing on how prone we are to hide our light under a basket rather than living as examples of Jesus in the world. 

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50

Title: How the Good Life Rolls
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:3-12
Series: Sermon on the Mount

Coinciding with the start of Lent, we are beginning a new series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5-7. 

Today we look at the introductory part of Jesus' sermon known as "The Beatitudes." We explore these attitudes that a disciple of Jesus ought to be through three "S"s: 1. The Sense of the word "Blessed" 2. There's a Surprise of those who are blessed. 3. The Significance for disciples of Jesus. 

Please join us in Pastor Bill's challenge to read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5-7, at least once per week. Share your stories and takeaways on our shout out board here: https://t.ly/pvx50