Chunks: The Sermon on the Mount

Remember the idea of bookends? Even the Beatitudes have their own bookends. These bookends let us know that the Beatitudes themselves have the kingdom of heaven as their theme. But when we look at how the bookends are different from rest of the Beatitudes, we learn something more: the blessing they describe is one that necessarily involves hope.

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.