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Sermon on the Mount
Jul 26 2020 • Greg Boyd
When Jesus started preaching, he announced there was a new Kingdom in town and everyone was welcome to join. But what exactly was he inviting them to? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus lays out God’s vision for a whole new kind of world. In a way this sermon is his manifesto, his charter, his declaration for a new way of life. But it’s far more surprising, beautiful and astonishing than any human system could ever be. Over the next several months, we’re taking a deep dive into the kind of world that comes to life when Jesus followers bring God’s Kingdom to earth as it is in heaven.
Sermons in this series:
Playing God
• Greg Boyd
This sermon explores the four primary passages from the Bible that explain why judgment is forbidden.
Cross Examination Q&A
• Bill Doherty, Cedrick Baker, Greg Boyd, Shawna Boren
This panel conversation addresses the practical implications of the teaching on what it means to live in love and forego judgment of others.
A Tale of Two Trees
• Greg Boyd
There were two trees in the Garden of Eden, one representing where we get true life from and one representing a prohibition from what steals from life. This sermon explores the significance of these two trees.
The Absurdity of Judgment
• Dan Kent
We live in a system in which everyone judges themselves and each other and creates a hierarchy of those above and below them. Jesus came to confront and blow this system apart.Topics: Conflict, Judgment, Love
Character Is Destiny
• Greg Boyd
We become what we practice. We practice what we imagine is the goal of where we are going. As Christ followers, we are to set the goal of living in love so that we can practice love to become more loving.Topics: Discipleship, Love
The Point of It All
• Greg Boyd
God calls us to replicate the love of the cross instead of passing judgment upon others. We do this as we live into the reality of our inclusion in God’s love and our identity in Christ, as part of the Triune, cruciform love that God is.
Our Central Mandate
• Greg Boyd
In this introductory sermon to the “Cross Examination” series, Greg lays out the all-important challenge to live in love in the way that is defined by Christ on the cross. This sermon also details how this mandate to love goes against the grain of our culture which is dominated by divisiveness and judgment.Topics: Judgment, Love, Politics
Life is Hard. We are Strong. God is Good.
• Dan Kent
How do we become the kind of person who heeds Jesus’ words on not worrying about our life? Dan Kent answers this question with three basic truths that can change how we face worrisome situations.
Food, Clothing & Dinosaurs
• Emily Morrison
Jesus tells us not to worry, but what does this mean in a world full of worry-causing circumstances? How can we not be anxious when there are so many troubling issues that we face? This teaching addresses what it means to trust God in anxious times to the point that we know that Jesus is with us as we face our worries.Topics: Pain & Suffering, Presence of God
