Chunks: The Sermon on the Mount

In the gospels, Jesus had argument after argument with the Pharisees. They were respected as the interpreters of God’s Law, but their teaching had led the people away from the kind of righteousness God wanted. At the beginning of the sermon, then, Jesus has to make clear to the people that even as he challenges what the scribes and Pharisees taught, he is upholding God’s law down to the last detail.

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.