And so we now leave ‘what we know’ and follow Jesus into his core teaching, or REAL LIFE (Sermon on the Mount). At times THE WAY will feel familiar. At…
Influence. The capacity to have an effect on someone. It’s interesting how easy it is to downplay ourselves. To think that what we say, how we act, and how we…
You have to love how Jesus begins his magnum opus – the sermon on the mount! If that beginning doesn’t make your heart burst with joy and laughter, then you…
Many years ago it was common for Christian parents to teach their children a bedtime prayer that began with these words: “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, look upon this little…
Do you remember the Canadian Armed Forces tagline in their commercials – “There’s no life like it!” That statement is both accurate and not accurate. It’s accurate in the sense…
Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc on southeast Texas over the past week, causing people to flee their homes and find shelter. However, they haven’t given up hope. As one man…
It's much easier to live by the law, but the law always reveals our failures, which is the last thing we want people to see. And so we begin to…
Jesus revolutionized pretty much everything about our understanding of the good life in what we now now as His sermon and the mount, found in the book of Matthew. It…