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If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better … Continue reading Fighting Sin by Seeing Rightly (Matt. 5:29-30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y1OKhGYNHA Transcript: During your teen years, you are at this interesting crossroad where you are making decisions about what kind of person you will be, what values you will stand for, and what you want your life to be known for. With the myriad of different options of what kind of identity we will embrace, … Continue reading How to Be Righteous (Matt. 5:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4dFmpRfPug It’s a funny how the Lord works. I wasn’t aware of it, but last night at Theology Tuesday, we looked at John 8:31-46, and looked specifically at verse 31 and 32, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you … Continue reading God’s Word (Matt. 5:17-20)
Sermon Audio Coming Transcript: When you look at the injustice, unfairness, and evil in the world, what seems to bother you most? Perhaps it is something in your own life, like how it seems so unfair how someone at school treats you, or at home. Maybe it is something you see in the world, … Continue reading The Peacemakers (Matt. 5:9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7w5GGpjDo Transcript: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” Let’s turn to the particular beatitude tonight, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy,” (Matt. 5:7). I’d like to look at just two questions tonight, and that is this: What does it mean to be “merciful”? How do I become … Continue reading The Merciful (Matt. 5:7)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69wDbcd9tTQ Transcript: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” – Matt. 5:6 When was the last time you remember being incredibly hungry or incredibly thirsty? Once, back in Washington, some friends and I were planning on floating down the Yakima River on a Sunday afternoon. We parked … Continue reading Those Who Hunger & Thirst (Matt. 5:6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF9w8-Xu12Q Normally, I have the transcript of my sermon below - but it would appear that I forgot to save my transcript, and it is lost. So the audio recording above will have to suffice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcyu6wBRtj8 Notes: What comes to your mind when you think of a "King"? A crown? Throne? Iron scepter, red-fur cape, and jewel-encrusted sword? I think of someone with total authority, power, and control of a realm, a kingdom. Kings litter the pages of our favorite fairy-tales and stories: King Richard the Lionheart, King Arthur and … Continue reading The King’s Sermon (Matt. 4:23, 25, 5:1-2)
The sermon on the mount may be the most famous teaching in all of the Bible, second maybe only to the 10 commandments. Ghandi carried the sermon on the mount with him wherever he went, believing that it was the sketch of what the perfect society would look like. Whenever a non-Christian speaks of admiring … Continue reading The Golden Rule (Sermon Transcript)
Marc Sims 