Episode 4: You call that “blessed”?

The sermon opens with a set of “beatitudes” or statements about blessing. But what Jesus says about people who can be counted as “blessed” may seem odd—he describes things that don’t sound anything like blessedness. But if we’re going to understand what Jesus is saying, these strange statements have to be read against the background of the Old Testament.

What is Chunks: The Sermon on the Mount?

The "Sermon on the Mount," found in Matthew chapters 5 through 7, contains some of the best-known teaching of Jesus, including the Lord's Prayer. It also includes some of the most ethically challenging words in all of the New Testament. This show will explore the sermon bit by bit, as Jesus calls believers to a kind of righteousness that is lived out in the everyday challenges of relationships.