In this beatitude, Jesus isn’t just talking about acts of mercy, he’s getting at the interior life of his people. Mercy isn’t something you add to your life, it’s carried out by those who are merciful. To be a Christian, is to possess a certain...

Do you hunger for the righteousness that Jesus speaks of here? It’s not enough to merely be a “beatitude #1 and #2 Christian.” It’s not enough to just mourn over our spiritual condition, we must also hunger for flourishing and righteousness. That is...

To be poor in spirit and mourn over your sin is to know that you are needy. That you don’t have enough in you, to rely upon yourself and so you are deeply dependent upon God to provide what you lack and need. If you’ll position yourself in this way...

The Sermon on the Mount beings with our narrator telling us that Jesus opens his mouth to speak and teach. He does his because we need to be taught and enlightened. We need to be helped to see that there’s no true flourishing in life without him. In...

How should Christians go about their interactions those who stand outside the faith, especially when people have varying attitudes toward Christianity? How are we to live in our complex society in a wise and winsome way for Christ? Paul helps the...

In this study on the church we take up the subject of discipleship. Making disciples is tied into our evangelistic conversations and it’s at the center of our Christian relationships as we aim to do spiritual good in each other’s lives. This is the...

What reputation are we establishing for ourselves as a church in our community? Like the early church in Thessalonica we want to be a place and a people who are known for having been encountered by the living and true God and as a result, are...

Church discipline typically starts privately and informally growing to include the church members only when necessary. In its final, formal and public stage, church discipline involves removing someone from membership, and from participating in the...

Leaders matter. Good leadership makes all the difference and poor leadership makes for difficulty. This is true in the home, in the work place and in the church. In the church there are two offices of leadership that have been appointed to us, the...

Does God really love us? And if so, how can we know for certain? In John chapter 13 we are given a glimpse of the love Jesus has for his disciples—a love from on high that stoops low. As Jesus washed His disciple’s feet prior to His death on the...