Preaching Point: As a Christian, you have a responsibility to display your relationship with God by reflecting His benevolence and concern for all people, including your enemies.

Main Text: Matthew 5:43–48

Teaching Points:

1. Love Others Indiscriminately vv43-45
2. Reject the World’s Superficial Definition of Love vv46-47
3. Intentionally Pursue Progressive Holiness v48

Summer on the Mount: Divorce

Preaching Point: A personal commitment to God’s original intent for marriage is a necessary component of faithfully following Jesus.

Main Text: Matthew 5:31–32 31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Teaching Points:

1. Recover God’s Permanent Design for Marriage
2. Honor Marriage as a Reflection of Christ and the Church 
3. Tenaciously Guard Your Marriage Covenant

Preaching Point: Your struggle with lust will often require the Spirit-empowered employment of extreme measures that are well worth the sacrifice and energy you expend to kill your sin.

Main Text: Matthew 5:27–30 27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.​​

Teaching Points:

1. Increase Your Sensitivity Toward the Prevalence of Adultery vv27-28
2. Trust in Christ as Your Only Solution for Purity v28
3. Employ Extreme Measures to Deal with Lust vv29-30

Preaching Point: A proper understanding of Jesus' relationship to the Law is crucial for believers to grasp the significance of the work of Christ and the usefulness of the whole Bible in the church's life.

Main Text: Matthew 5:17–18 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Teaching Points:

1. Reevaluate Your View of the Old Testament v17a
2. Elevate Your View of Jesus v17b
3. Apply all Scripture in Light of Jesus v18

Title: Summer on the Mount: Salt & Light 

Preaching Point: In every situation, believers are responsible for visibly standing out through their good works resulting in the world seeing our actions and giving glory to God.

Main Text: Matthew 5:13–16

Teaching Points:

1. Provide a Distinct Influence to the World v13
2. Produce a Noticeable Presence vv14-16a
3. Properly Understand the Purpose of Good Works v16b

Preaching Point: We need to rejoice in every suffering associated with our connection to Christ, knowing that our persecution is proof of our heavenly citizenship and that all our suffering for Christ comes with the promise of great reward in heaven.

Main Text: Matthew 5:10–12

Teaching Points:

1. Stand Out in a Sinful World v10
2. Be Willing to Be Counted with Christ vv11,12b 
3. Stay Focused on Your Future with Christ vv10b,12 

Title: Happy Are the Peacemakers 

Preaching Point: The genuine marker of a child of God is diligently laboring, even at great personal cost, to be peacemakers in every sphere of life.

Main Text: Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”

Teaching Points:

1. Recount What it Cost Jesus to Make Peace with You 
2. Sacrifice for the Sake of Peacemaking 
3. Be Christ’s Ambassador for Peacemaking 

Title: Pure in Heart            

Main Text: Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Preaching Point: Anyone who desires a relationship with God today and for eternity must undergo a complete transformation wherein their heart, soul, mind, and body are ruled by Christ through our unconditional surrender to Him. 

Teaching Points:

1. You Must Be Pure in God’s Valuation
2. Accept your Impurity Before God
3. Respond to God’s Offer to Purify You

Preaching Point: If we are going to be Jesus-minded people, we must undertake the hard work of going after lost souls and genuinely celebrating when God saves them.

Main Text: Luke 15:8–10

Teaching Points:

1. Increase Your Love for the Lost vv8-9
2. Get Your Hands Dirty v8b
3. Celebrate Salvation vv9-10

Title: Married with Bills

Main Text: Luke 16:19-25

Teaching Points:

1. Recognize "The Good Life" vv19, 22b-25
2. Trust God More vv19-25
3. Cultivate Faith to Help, Not Hoard vv19-21