“You have heard that it was said…but I say to you…” Over and over again in the sermon on the mount, Jesus is inviting us to move deeper than just following the letter of the law. He wants to transform us from the inside out. He tells us that just...

According to Jesus, the road between anger and murder is shorter than we imagine. That’s why Jesus says that anger, and what we do with it, is so dangerous. The way we treat each other matters to God. In fact, reconciliation and peace between people...

Jesus calls us to a righteousness that is deeper than that of the Pharisees and teachers of the Law…one that is truer to the heart of the Law. He uses a key phrase over and over in this part of the sermon to show us what it means to live in deeper...

After speaking God’s blessing over us, Jesus reminds us of our identity as kingdom people in the world. He calls us salt and light. The power of us being salt and light means that we stand out from the world, but it also means that we engage the world...

Jesus really does believe that we can live out the way of life he describes in the Sermon on the Mount, but he knows that none of it is possible until we know we're under the blessing of God. That's why he doesn't begin his most...

"May you be covered in the dust of your Rabbi..." For nearly two thousand years, the church has wrestled with and practiced the way of Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount. The words of Jesus are not just ideas to think about or agree...

We Believe many things...and beliefs matter. But God isn't just calling us to believe a set of propositions. Faith isn't isolated to the mind or to a list of doctrines. Jesus calls us to a way of life. We are followers, not just believers...

Judgement. Christians are all too often (and fairly) accused of being too judgmental. No one likes to be judged, but we all long for justice: for the world to be put right, for evil to be dealt with. We long for someone with the power and the virtue...

We Believe in the Resurrection. The tomb of Jesus of Nazareth is empty. "He is the firstborn from among the dead. First-born. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also...