After the very important drumrolls of Matthew’s first four chapters, we finally arrive at Jesus’s first recorded teaching of the Kingdom of Heaven, and it’s quite a doozy. There is more depth and breadth and width and height to the wisdom found within this passage than I can uncover. But thankfully, I’m not trying to… Continue reading Matthew 5:2-5:48 – The Citizens and Laws of the Kingdom
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Matthew 5:3-16 – The Father’s Kingdom on Earth
Of the many courses I took in seminary, one of the more important ones was the course on Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is not, as I used to think, the study of all people named “Herman,” but it is the study of how to properly read and interpret the Bible. One of the basic tenants of Hermeneutics… Continue reading Matthew 5:3-16 – The Father’s Kingdom on Earth