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Kwame Boateng

The Sermon on the Mount, verse by verse: the Beatitudes and the upside-down kingdom of Jesus.

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  • The Cross Has a Daily Edition

    Every teaching about taking up a cross has one small word that the church mostly skips. Take up your cross daily. That word changes the whole sentence. A cross is not a far-off, once-in-a-lifetime eve

    follow, cross, discipleship

  • Peace Isn't What the Peacemakers Call It

    There is a mistranslation hiding in plain sight in the seventh beatitude. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. The problem is not the verse, it is what most of us hear th

    beatitudes, peace, shalom

  • Salt That Stops Being Salty: Matthew 5:13

    Right after the Beatitudes, Jesus tells his listeners what they already are: "You are the salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13 English - ESV). Not "try to be" or "become". A present-tense identity sta

    sermon, matthew, discipleship, study

  • The Blessing Nobody Wants (Matthew 5:4)

    The second beatitude may be the strangest sentence in the Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."Matthew 5:4 English - ESV Every other value system on eart

    beatitudes, matthew, mourning, comfort, +1

  • The Beggar's Blessing: "Poor in Spirit" in Matthew 5:3

    The Sermon on the Mount opens not with a command but with a blessing on the empty-handed: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." The Greek word behind "poor" is ptochos

    beatitudes, poverty, study

  • The Gate That's Easy to Miss

    Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with a fork in the road. Matthew 7:24-27 English - ESV Two gates, two roads, two crowds, and he tells us to take the smaller door. [[Matthew 7:13-14 English - ES

    matthew, sermon, narrowway, discipleship, +1