The Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 5 – 7. Just before delivering this extraordinary Sermon, Jesus was baptized by John and then spent forty days fasting in the wilderness. He emerges from the wilderness and launches His public ministry by performing amazing miracles of healing and declaring, “Repent, for the Kingdom of
What have you lost in the past five months? I don’t know the specifics of your answer to that question, but I do know this: you have lost a lot. We all have. Jesus told us we would have trouble in this world, so God designed us with the ability to cope with loss. It
While I want this article to focus on victory in the long view, to do so, we need to understand the challenges we face when focusing too much on the short view. For us, right now, the short view is a mess. Well, frankly, it’s always a mess. If you’re someone who sincerely believes in
For the past 22 weeks, everyone has been struggling to navigate the difficulties of the pandemic shutdown. Uncertainty has forced all of us into an extended season of decision-making where we must choose between options that are unattractive, painful, or even deadly. When all of your options are bad, it’s called a lose-lose proposition. For
Have you ever felt helpless? Yeah, me too. It’s an awful feeling. A couple of months ago I was driving down Rt. 15 going through Lewisburg and a bad accident happened right in front of me. From my vantage point sitting high up in our church van, I could see the whole thing happening. I
We have reached the muggy stage of summer with long hot days, high humidity, and a daily chance of afternoon thunderstorms. I’m a big fan of thunderstorms. I very much enjoy sitting on the back deck, watching a good storm build, and then rolling through. The natural phenomena of lightning and thunder is a breath-taking
