Dear Friends, This is the fifth message in a series of Jesus’ statements called the Beatitudes that are found in the Sermon on the Mount. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled (Matt 5:6). Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart (Abba
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A Word of Grace – Feb 25, 2013
Dear Friends, This is the fourth message in a series of Jesus’ statements called the Beatitudes that are found in the Sermon on the Mount. Last week’s message on “Blessed are those who mourn” resulted in the most moving outpouring of responses in the more than 12 years that I have written the Word of
A Word of Grace – Feb 18, 2013
Dear Friends, This is the third message on Jesus’ statements from the Sermon on the Mount known as the Beatitudes. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matt 5:4). A prominent television preacher published a book back in the 1980s about the Beatitudes that carried the message that the key to happiness
A Word of Grace – February 11, 2013
Dear Friends, This is the second message in a series on Jesus’ statements in the Sermon on the Mount called the Beatitudes. Jesus was turning the conventional ideas of “blessing” — material prosperity, beauty and physical health — on their heads. The worst places of human experience is where God can do his best work
A Word of Grace – Feb 4, 2013
Dear Friends, This is the first message in a series on the statements Jesus made in his Sermon on the Mount known as the “Beatitudes.” These are unique statements on the intersection of divine grace with human need. They have been much abused and misunderstood as formulas for gaining God’s approval, prescriptions for social justice