Sermon on the Mount

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

The Kingdom of God is not like the kingdoms of this world. Power and warfare are inescapable aspects of the kingdoms of this world. According to Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount however, the values of the...

Blessed Are the Pure In Heart

Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God. That's the apex of these value statements which are traditionally called the beatitudes that we find in the Sermon on the Mount. God is giving us access to...

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

The beatitudes, or what we are calling the value statements, within the Sermon on the Mount are more than just pithy statements and proverbs. When Jesus said "blessed are those who hunger and thirst" he was laying out a...

Blessed Are the Meek

Who are the meek and why did Jesus esteem them so highly in His teaching from the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode of the Manifesto, Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God we look at...

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

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...

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

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...

Government in the Kingdom of God

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...

In the Kingdom, Everything Comes Back to the Heart

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...

The Setting of the Sermon on the Mount

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...

Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount – Manifesto of the Kingdom of God

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...
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