Matthew 5:33-37 The sermon on the Mount continues the process of heart excavation as Jesus invites his followers to turn their attention to the words that we use.

Matthew 5:27-32 In a culture of self centered love that cannot satisfy, Jesus points his followers to a deeper, more beautiful love.

Matthew 5:21-26 As Jesus invites his followers on the journey of discipleship, he takes us deep into our own hearts for an honest look at anger.

Matthew 5:17-20 Jesus helps his followers understand both the overarching story of the scriptures as well as the desperate condition of our own hearts.

Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus moves out of the beatitudes and connects the rest of the Sermon on the Mount with two very familiar passages. Woven into Jesus’s statements are questions like, what does it mean to be salt and light? Can we lose our saltiness and luminescence? What are these all for? Jesus is interested in connecting his disciples to the Kingdom by showing them a life of living out the beatitudes. Join us as we explore what it looks like to be salt and light for the glory of God.

Matthew 5:1-12 Those who know the heart of the King enjoy his blessing. A fact that is not always appreciated by the world.

Matthew 5:1-20 In the sermon on the mount disciples are made privy to a way of life that both honors Jesus as King and brings blessing for those who follow him.

Who belongs in God’s family? Isaiah 56 gives a beautiful and challenging vision for the people of God, joined together through the common experience of his relentless grace.

As we come to the end of Mary's recorded story we realize that it is only the beginning of the ongoing story of the mission of her Son, a story in which we find ourselves.

As we journey with Mary on her road of discipleship we find that grief is to be expected, yet ultimately Jesus not only bears our grief but he transforms grief to joy.