Episode 50: The bread of life

In the previous episode, I suggested that we need to keep a big-picture perspective throughout the Lord’s Prayer. When we pray for our daily bread, for example, we can remember that Jesus himself claimed to be the bread of life. Even praying for our daily needs can be done against the background of God’s provision for the world and for the future.

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.