Category Archives: Sermon on the Mount

Is this your story?

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

I used a story this morning to summarize a series on the beatitudes. I hope it is your story too. Continue reading →

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Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness (pt. 2)

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

If we are going to be consistent with the description in the Beatitudes, the person who does not demonstrate this hunger and thirst is either not a Christian at all or has accepted abnormality and mediocrity in his walk with God. Continue reading →

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Blessed are the Meek

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

It doesn’t say, “Blessed are the weak for they shall be doormats.” It says, “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.”   Continue reading →

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Are you merciful?

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

An in-depth and practical look at mercy. Continue reading →

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The amazing sequence in the beatitudes

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Does it not follow inevitably that my attitude towards everybody else must be completely and entirely changed? Continue reading →

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Two builders and a catastrophic storm

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes a storm of crisis or calamity reveals what manner of person we are, for ‘true piety is not fully distinguished from its counterfeit till it comes to the trial’ Continue reading →

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How to pray…

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

It was prayed three times a day by early Christians. Don’t miss my suggestion of how to pray the “Our Father” for loved ones. Continue reading →

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Hungry and thirsty people (pt. 1)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

While it may seem paradoxical to declare anyone blessed who is hungry and thirsty, we need to recall that these people don’t hunger and thirst for just anything.  Continue reading →

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Blessed are the merciful

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

What did Jesus mean by “Blessed are the merciful”? Continue reading →

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Rain on the just and the unjust?

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Wisdomforlife

What did jesus mean that God “makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matthew 5:45). Continue reading →

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