“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:1 Jesus is saying to beware the motives of your heart. Three times in this passage, with regards to giving, praying, and fasting, Jesus says,…
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 Salt and Light. Jesus looked at the people on the hillside, those broken, those unwanted, unloved, and he says to them that they are the…
Jesus calls us to be distinctly different. In Matthew 5:3-12, Jesus mentions 8 specific blessings. We call these the Beatitudes. How, as Christ followers, are we different from the world?Jesus shows us a different way of righteousness. Jesus shows us a different way of love. We don’t love because of the bottom line or if…
There is a lot of “religion” out there that says that grace and love will win regardless of our behavior. However, that is not what Jesus or the scriptures teach. Join us as we look at what Jesus had to say about the world, our culture and how we’re supposed to fit in.
When Daniel learned that the new law had been signed, he went home and knelt down to pray as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows wide open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done his entire life, thanking and praising God. So Daniel’s enemies went together…
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 How are we supposed to respond to an unfriendly culture? Over the next couple weeks, we’re going to discover how to survive and thrive in a…