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Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. ~ JESUS (Matthew 5:7) CORE (The heart of the message): Any committed relationship between imperfect people will require an ongoing devotion to mercy – the expression of compassion to those who…

Blessed are those hungering and thirsting for righteousness, for they will be filled. ~ JESUS (Matthew 5:6) CORE (The heart of the message): Righteousness is right-relatedness – justice mixed with mercy – and it is the heartbeat of the message…

Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth. ~ JESUS (Matthew 5:5) CORE (The heart of the message): War is almost always about land – gaining ground, taking over a territory, and making their resources serve the machinery…

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted and defended. ~ JESUS (Matthew 5:4) CORE (The heart of the message): Life is loss. To be born is to begin to die, to love is to begin to lose,…

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. ~ JESUS (Matthew 5:3) CORE (The heart of the message): The kingdom of heaven is here and now and open to all. We will be more…

The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is said by many to be the bullseye of the Bible and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. There is no better place for spiritually curious people to begin investigating…

The Sermon on the Mount went straight to my heart. ~ Mahatma Gandhi I am inviting you to join me and my friends in walking through the Sermon on the Mount over the next few months together. I believe that,…

When they came to shore and got out of the boat, they saw a coal fire there with fish on it, and some bread. ~ The apostle John (John 21:9) CORE (The heart of the message): A coal fire here…

Wherever two or three gather in my name, I am there in the middle with them. ~ Jesus (Matthew 18:20) CORE (The heart of the message): We can experience the presence of Jesus through small expressions of church, especially when…