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How can mourning be a blessed state? As we continue through the value statements of the Manifesto of the Kingdom of God, or what is traditionally referred to as the beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount, this is what we look at. There is a different value system and a different measurement for the
As we jump into the area of the Sermon on the Mount, traditionally referred to as “the beatitudes,” we are renaming them. These are the value statements of the Manifesto of the Kingdom of God. These are the most important things. Today, we look at the first of these value statements. Jesus explained how different
When it comes to government in the Kingdom of God, it’s pretty simple. God is King. You and I are not. Throughout history a lot of people have tried to claim the title of king and ruler of God’s Kingdom, but that have all been wrong. That is not how it works. There is only
In the Sermon on the Mount, and with so much of Jesus’ teaching, we learn that in the Kingdom of God, everything comes back to the heart. The heart is the foundation of the human engagement with the King of the Kingdom. It is also the measurement that Christ returns to over and over again
In episode 2 of our series “The Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God,” we look at the setting and cast of characters in first-century Palestine when Jesus presented the foundational teaching of His Sermon on the Mount. This is the setting of the sermon on the mount when Jesus first presented
In episode 1 of this series, JB Shreve presents and introduction to the sermon on the mount. What we traditionally refer to as the “Sermon on the Mount” was actually a revolutionary manifesto for a new way of life in the Kingdom of God. In today’s unsettling and polarized age, the teachings of this Kingdom
Throughout this devotional series, we have looked at the power of gratitude toward God to activate change, stability, endurance, and strength in our lives. Gratitude operates as a transformational agent. Imagine a glass full of water and bleach. We stir it and stir, but no matter how much activity we apply to the mixture, nothing
Several times in the gospels, Jesus referenced the sign of Jonah. But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of
The 2024 US Presidential election season will kick off tomorrow with the first caucuses in Iowa. This week’s current events brief looks at how we can expect 2024 to be unlike any other election, full of confusion at first, then comes the chaos. Amid the confusion and chaos, people of faith must stand strong. Our
Thankful people are people who spend time in the Word of God. If you want to live a life of peace and contentment, live a life in the light of the Word of God. This is essential Christian discipline, yet many still need to follow through on this. Gratitude and the Word of God work
