Pathways to Discipleship
Sermon on the Mount What does it all mean? We have seen quotes from the Sermon on the Mount everywhere from pillows to posters, but what does this collection of Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 5 to 7 say to us? What does it mean that we are blessed when we are at the end of our rope? To seek God’s kingdom before everything else? To pray to someone who is our father? From the Beatitudes to the Lord’s Prayer, this collection of Jesus’ teachings is some of the best known but most frequently misunderstood passages of Scripture.
SEPTEMEBER 10 - Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount
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SOTM: The Kingdom of God - John and Becky Hart - Recording of class
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Jesus and the Torah (43:00) - Lecture by Tim Mackie (Bible Project)
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This is who experiences the good life according to Jesus (10:23) - The Bible Project
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Jesus and the Torah (49:00) - Podcast - Bible Project
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“Jesus just has this habit of exposing deep things in his followers, and it puts them (you) in the position where you can never truly be fully comfortable around Jesus. The moment Jesus doesn’t bother you, is the moment you know you have stopped listening to him really.” (Tim Mackie)
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Consider where you have stopped truly listening to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
SEPTEMBER 17 - The Beatitudes
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SOTM: The Beatitudes - John and Becky Hart - Recording of class​
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SEPTEMBER 24 - Prayer
SEPTEMBER 24 - Prayer
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Matt. 5:38-42 - Turn other cheek
Matt. 5:43-48 - Love your enemies
Matt. 6:1-4 - Don’t practice piety in public
Matt. 6:5-18 - Prayer & fasting (Lord’s Prayer)
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POWERPOINT from Sermon on the Mount Class 092423
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Love Your Enemies (48:00) - Podcast - Bible Project
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OCTOBER 1 - Seek Ye First
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Matt. 6:19-21 - Don’t store treasure on earth
Matt. 6:24 - Can’t serve God & mammon
Matt. 6:25-34 - Lilies of field; seek first God’s kingdom
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POWERPOINT from Sermon on the Mount Class 100123
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How to Seek the Kingdom of God Now (The Bible Project)
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OCTOBER 8 - Build your House on the Rock
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Matt. 7: 1-5 - Don’t judge
Matt. 7:7-11 - Ask, seek, find
Matt. 7:12 - Golden Rule
Matt. 7:21-27 - Doing, not saying
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SOTM: Daily Decisions- John and Becky Hart - Recording of class​
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Ask and You Will Receive (48:00) - Podcast - Bible Project
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"The invitation is to put him and his teachings in the place in your heart where you make daily decisions about how to live, whom to obey, whom to trust and follow." John Buchanan