Following Jesus is costly but worth it, as he alone as the authority and power to defeat evil in all its forms. Jesus is the one who is with us in the chaos, rebuking the chaos and removing it from His good world. Jesus is also the one who gets to the other side - the dark places of hidden death. It's in those dark shores that the love of Jesus shines brightly.

The kingdom of God is coming to outsiders, by grace through faith, all because of our burden bearing King. Jesus' boundary-breaking love is redefining who is in God's kingdom.

We believe that the story of Jesus is good news. 

Jesus is the perfect embodiment of the one true Creator God. He is not only announcing the arrival of God's kingdom with his words but bringing his kingdom through his life and actions.

In this teaching, we look at the first instance that Matthew gives us of Jesus bringing the good news of the kingdom with his actions.

Jesus ends his famous Sermon on the Mount by giving his followers a vision for two kinds of lives. In a cultural moment where information abounds that often results in little to no action, this teaching from Jesus is a much-needed call.

A wise man or woman builds their life on Jesus and puts his teachings into practice.

A foolish man or woman does not build their life on Jesus and does not put his teachings into practice.

Seems pretty simple - but that's where the genius of Jesus is at. Listen as we conclude Jesus' most important set of teachings.

As Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns his apprentices that not all teachers are true teachers of The Way of Jesus. How are followers of Jesus to discern who and who isn't speaking true and life giving teaching?

Jesus finishes his most famous and important teaching, not with an inspiring or funny story, not with a pep talk and not with a practical acronym to get you juiced for the week ahead.

No Jesus ends his teaching with a series of three warnings. Not because Jesus is angry, but because Jesus loves his followers.

A warning about two ways.

A warning about two teachers.

A warning about two lives.

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus' vision for the kind of life that is possible as we apprentice under him in the Kingdom of God.

As we look at the Golden Rule, we are looking at one of the most familiar and well known teachings of Jesus. Which is dangerous. Dangerous not because familiarity breeds contempt, but rather apathy. It can be easy to forget the devastating power that this teaching has.

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For Jesus, what we treasure both reveals what we truly worship while at the same time has the power to form us - for better or for worse.