Episode 31: Cutting corners

The command to love our neighbor can be found in the Old Testament—but there is no command to hate our enemies, contrary to what the Pharisees may have taught. It’s understandable that the Pharisees would teach that Jews should love their fellow Jews and hate Gentiles. But to do this takes even the command to love one’s neighbor out of context, as we’ll see.

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.