Loving people is hard. Loving unlovable people is particularly difficult. But loving your enemy? That command seems insane. But this is the love of Christ: “While we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son” (Romans 5:10). And this is why God calls us to love our enemies. He doesn’t call us to do something he hasn’t already done. Dr. Preston Sprinkle unpacks Matthew 5:38-48 which contains Jesus’s final, and most radical, example of his way: enemy love. Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” was the most popular verse in the early church. Matthew 5:44 was the so-called John 3:16 for the first 300 years of Christianity. It seems that Jesus’s cross-shaped nonviolent, non-retaliatory, enemy love should be the dominant, most pervasive rhythmn of evangelical Christianity—and yet, it’s currently not.

Loving people is hard. Loving unlovable people is particularly difficult. But loving your enemy? That command seems insane. But this is the love of Christ: “While we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son” (Romans 5:10). And this is why God calls us to love our enemies. He doesn’t call us to do something he hasn’t already done. Dr. Preston Sprinkle unpacks Matthew 5:38-48 which contains Jesus’s final, and most radical, example of his way: enemy love. Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” was the most popular verse in the early church. Matthew 5:44 was the so-called John 3:16 for the first 300 years of Christianity. It seems that Jesus’s cross-shaped nonviolent, non-retaliatory, enemy love should be the dominant, most pervasive rhythmn of evangelical Christianity—and yet, it’s currently not.

Jesus of Nazareth lays out his authoritative interpretation of the Law on anger, lust, and lying. This is not Jesus the helicopter parent morally policing our behavior. This is Jesus the master teacher brilliantly painting for us the picture of the truly good life. According to Jesus, we bring either heaven on earth or hell on earth with every moral decision we make. When Spirit-driven followers of Jesus intentionally avoid unchecked anger, lust, and deceit, we become the very embodiment of heaven in the world.

Jesus of Nazareth lays out his authoritative interpretation of the Law on anger, lust, and lying. This is not Jesus the helicopter parent morally policing our behavior. This is Jesus the master teacher brilliantly painting for us the picture of the truly good life. According to Jesus, we bring either heaven on earth or hell on earth with every moral decision we make. When Spirit-driven followers of Jesus intentionally avoid unchecked anger, lust, and deceit, we become the very embodiment of heaven in the world.

We have a problem with the Bible. More and more Western people don’t read it, don’t know how to read it, or even take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Simple answer: Because we follow Jesus. Jesus is our authority, and we aim to have the same kind of relationship with the Bible Jesus had. This means some of our questions about the Bible may remain unanswered, and some of our answers may remain unpopular.

We have a problem with the Bible. More and more Western people don’t read it, don’t know how to read it, or even take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Simple answer: Because we follow Jesus. Jesus is our authority, and we aim to have the same kind of relationship with the Bible Jesus had. This means some of our questions about the Bible may remain unanswered, and some of our answers may remain unpopular.

Everyone wants to make a difference. Everyone wants a better world. Jesus tells his community — us — that we are the "salt and light” of the world. In other words, apprentices of Jesus are the ones who effect the lasting, positive change the world is truly longing for. This is a bold statement. Dan Braga unpacks our identity as salt and light in a world starving for change and illumination.

Everyone wants to make a difference. Everyone wants a better world. Jesus tells his community — us — that we are the "salt and light” of the world. In other words, apprentices of Jesus are the ones who effect the lasting, positive change the world is truly longing for. This is a bold statement. Dan Braga unpacks our identity as salt and light in a world starving for change and illumination.

It’s Easter 2018 - the perfect moment to step into the most well-known yet most subversive and often misunderstood of all of Jesus’ teachings. It’s Jesus’ “The Sermon on the Mount,” and he kicks it off with a head-turning intro. Jesus pronounces eight “blessings” over an unlikely list of candidates. According to King Jesus, who are the flourishing ones in the eternal Kingdom he is inaugurating? His answer is really good news.

It’s Easter 2018 - the perfect moment to step into the most well-known yet most subversive and often misunderstood of all of Jesus’ teachings. It’s Jesus’ “The Sermon on the Mount,” and he kicks it off with a head-turning intro. Jesus pronounces eight “blessings” over an unlikely list of candidates. According to King Jesus, who are the flourishing ones in the eternal Kingdom he is inaugurating? His answer is really good news.