I’ve read it a zillion times and I just assumed it was too easy to understand to spend time on it. So I didn’t. But now I stop and now I ponder. Everything Jesus said in his message on the mountain was shocking. Everything. Including this seemingly...
If you take this text outside of its context , it seems to stick out like a wrongfully placed appendage. The other blessings in this pericope are based on virtues such as humility, mercy, meekness, peacekeeping and more. But mourning? How is someone dying in your...
You Don’t Need Money to Be Generous.
It is thought that when Jesus returns it will be as a thief in the night. But I don’t think so. Yes, the Scriptures say that this is how he will come this way (1 Thess 5:2). So what do I mean? Jesus comes only as a thief in the night… to those who...
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven The poor in spirit are those who are humble. This represents the very nature of Jesus who in his humility left the Father’s side to come to this mess of a life. Humble. For sure theirs...
