Episode 2: The kingdom is at hand

In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus’ sermon about the kingdom of heaven doesn’t appear out of nowhere. Matthew tells the story of Jesus in such a way that the kingdom is the theme right from the start, in the genealogy of chapter 1, the beloved Christmas story of chapter 2, and even the temptation story of chapter 4. And both John the Baptist and Jesus preached that the kingdom of heaven had come near. All of this comes before the Sermon on the Mount, as Matthew’s lead-in.

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.