Episode 26: Say what you mean, mean what you say

Many of us have suffered from broken promises—or from the violation of what we took to be a promise. The Law of Moses required people to fulfill their oaths, but the legalism of the Pharisees actually made it possible for people to weasel out of their commitments on technical grounds. What Jesus wants instead is a people whose word can be trusted. How else will others believe that God can be trusted?

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.