Sermon on the Mount III: Love and Marriage

After some very gracious words in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives some very hard words about love and marriage (Matthew 5:21-37). More then simply about marriage, they are about relationships. How can we be in right relationship with one another given the amount of conflict in our lives?

Sermon on the Mount II: Light of the World

In the sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls us to be "The Light of the World." I would much prefer for Jesus to be the Light of the World. How can we, as individuals, given the darkness that often pervades the world, act like the Light of the World??

Sermon on the Mount I: Beatitudes

We begin our sermon series on the "Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew 5-7) with "the Beatitudes" or "blessings." Jesus begins his teaching with nine blessings, many of which are suprising: "Blessed are the poor in spirit" in fact, is how he begins. Following a great Biblical pattern, Pastor Rob suggests that the Beatitudes are the job description of God and not a formula for our lives.