This week, Tom teaches out of Matthew 5: 1 - 11.

We go through the Beatitudes, but first, spend time looking at the structure of the text, and explore the clues there that help us interpret this pericope. Instead of seeing these as 8 distinct ideas, Tom illustrates how the Beatitudes should be viewed as two distinct groups. The first speaking to our relationship to God as believers, and the second highlighting how our conduct should be towards others. Ultimately, without the first set in place, we can never hope to see the second set come to fruition.