The Kingdom of God is where everything that happens meets with God's approval and delight. The awesome thing for us is that His kingdom is available to us here...now. It's a place where the poor and marginalized are welcomed in, where everyone experiences love no matter their ethnicity or socioeconomic background. The problem is that we have set up boundary markers to determine who is in and who is out. Today we will talk about the difference between our boundary markers and Jesus' boundary markers.

What is the Gospel? The word gospel means good news, so for many followers of Christ the idea that we get to spend eternity in heaven with Jesus is good news. It is also good news that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. What was the gospel for Jesus, though? Over and over Jesus would offer the "good news" of the Kingdom of God. Today we will dig in to Jesus' gospel message. The good news of the Kingdom of God!

What does your faith encourage you to do?

Amanda Pettit talks about Hope and all that God is doing at Rescue Hill

Welcome to the Summer of the Sermon! Each Sunday through the summer we are going to go through and dig in to the Sermon on the Mount and discover what exactly Jesus wants from us.

Today we wrap up this summer long series of the Sermon on the Mount. I think it can be summed up nicely by saying that if we aren’t producing fruit, we aren’t following Jesus and his plan for us. Church is a place that we come to help each other grow in Christ and learn how to be a Christ follower. A place where we hold each other accountable. And a place where we invite people to come and experience the same life change that we have.

Welcome to the Summer of the Sermon! Each Sunday through the summer we are going to go through and dig in to the Sermon on the Mount and discover what exactly Jesus wants from us.

We must be careful not to let this idea that we will somehow drift into the kingdom of God invade our thinking. The decision to follow Christ must be followed by a decision everyday...every moment of every day...to continue to pursue him and righteousness. It’s not that the right way is so narrow because it’s that much harder than every other way, or that there is virtue found in the narrow way itself, it’s simply that there is only one way.

Welcome to the Summer of the Sermon! Each Sunday through the summer we are going to go through and dig in to the Sermon on the Mount and discover what exactly Jesus wants from us.

We must be careful not to let this idea that we will somehow drift into the kingdom of God invade our thinking. The decision to follow Christ must be followed by a decision everyday...every moment of every day...to continue to pursue him and righteousness. It’s not that the right way is so narrow because it’s that much harder than every other way, or that there is virtue found in the narrow way itself, it’s simply that there is only one way.

Welcome to the Summer of the Sermon! Each Sunday through the summer we are going to go through and dig in to the Sermon on the Mount and discover what exactly Jesus wants from us.

Earlier in the sermon Jesus taught us how to pray, today we will go through part of the sermon that Jesus speaks of God’s response to our prayer. No prayer is ever wasted! We must be vigilant in continually petitioning our God for the things we want and need. We must also, however, be vigilant in pursuing righteousness because we know it is the prayer of a righteous person that will move our God.

Welcome to the Summer of the Sermon! Each Sunday through the summer we are going to go through and dig in to the Sermon on the Mount and discover what exactly Jesus wants from us.

Today we look at Jesus' warning for us to avoid the extremes of judgment. We need to be careful not to become harshly judgmental, looking for faults, taking the opportunity to look down on others from our position of self-righteousness, but neither are we to overlook sin. We need to be able to recognize sin for what it is. Any attempt to overlook or justify sin on any grounds is itself sinful.

Welcome to the Summer of the Sermon! Each Sunday through the summer we are going to go through and dig in to the Sermon on the Mount and discover what exactly Jesus wants from us.

We can break it down like this...unless we serve him whole-heartedly, we cannot claim to serve him at all. If we are seeking first the righteousness of the Kingdom, we will be in obedience to all of Jesus’ commands. Jesus and his Kingdom will be our number one priority.