Matthew's Table Church

Nothing is more transformative the work of the Spirit of God through the Word of God engaging us in the story of God in our union with Jesus!

Our habits both reveal our hearts and re-order our hearts, and this true regardless of our intentions. Why not submit our habits to the good reign of Jesus, especially unto the habits of grace known as spiritual disciplines.

Life is hard. Following Jesus doesn't seem to make it easier, but does it make it better?

Seems like many of us are expecting life is gonna get easier? What if there is something better than the "easy" we've been led to expect or even feel entitled to?

A quick review of the 1st 6 Beatitudes leading up to "Blessed are the Peacemakers"

Do we really want peace, or do we just want our comfort and our control?

Maybe peace-making looks more like trouble-making to those who are really serving their own kingdom?

Join us as we consider Jesus' words "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God."

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In a world of self-promoting compromise, and a self-protecting lack of consistency and commitment, Jesus drops the bomb, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

Join us this Sunday as we dare to believe that those who are truly flourishing in this world are those who are the same in private as in public and have traded in their divided-selves for a single-minded soul shaped by the Kingdom of Jesus.

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Mercy . . .

Doesn't mercy feel weak, risky, and even dangerous? Isn't it the merciful who get taken advantaged of, manipulated, and given no mercy in return?

So how does Jesus consider the merciful to be those living the good life in the real world?

When we get hungry, our priorities, plans, and passions change. Some of you might be "hangry" even now :)

So, what if we were hungry (like that) for righteousness?

What if God's people were hungry for lives of reconciled relationships and cities of mercy and justice?

Join us Sunday as we consider how both personal and public righteousness are gospel issues for Jesus and good news for us and Cleveland.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." Matthew 5:6