Episode 29: Move the needle

Have you ever been attacked in a way you felt was undeserved? Everyone should have the right to be treated with fairness and justice, and one day God’s justice will reign. But what do we do until then? It can be dangerous to turn the hard sayings of Jesus into new laws of behavior. In this episode, therefore, I will suggest that as peacemakers, we should always be asking ourselves what behavior—even in the face of injustice!—would move the needle toward greater shalom.

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.