Chunks: The Sermon on the Mount

The first half of the Beatitudes declare a truth that anyone familiar with the Old Testament already knows: God is the champion of the poor and needy. Things aren’t as they should be, and the righteous person longs for God to set things right. But this isn’t a passive wish; the righteous will want to get in on the action, to join God’s work of bringing peace (the rich Old Testament concept of shalom) to a broken world. 

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.