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Matthew 5-7 – The Assumptions in the Sermon

| August 8, 2012

Compared to the world in which Jesus walked, today’s displays all the same foibles and failures of yesteryear minus the benefit of “the assumptions.” With theoretical and scientific advancements increasing our opinions of ourselves, each advancing society continues to become less advanced in “the assumptions.” Our triumphs over the scientific and medical maladies of the […]

Perryism – The problem with the log in your eye is that it pokes a hole in your brain.

| August 6, 2012

Perryism – Too often we start to wrongly interpret the word of God when the word of God starts to rightly interpret us.

| August 6, 2012

Matthew 7:1-5 – Our Specks and Logs

| August 5, 2012

There is an unspoken but implied meaning in the illustration of the speck and log. The hypocrite with the log in his eye actually sees himself as being the man with the speck. Only “sinners” have sins as large as logs and the Pharisees were not “sinners.” Until we are willing to see our specks […]

Ezra 1:5-6 – Should I Go or Stay?

| August 5, 2012

Much like Lot is maligned for choosing the land of Sodom, although Scripture only speaks highly of him (2 Peter 2:7-8); those Jewish exiles who chose not to return after Cyrus’ decree are viewed askew, as less holy than the returnees. In staying behind, how could they be as righteous as those who went? However, […]

Matthew 5:3-10 – Beatitudes of Blessings or Catalogue of Curses?

| August 4, 2012

Do you feel guilty when you read the Sermon on the Mount?  Do you look at yourself and think, “I just don’t measure up?” If you do, you are not alone. But maybe, and this is an important life-changing point, you are reading it totally wrong. Contrary to how it is commonly interpreted, the Sermon […]

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| August 4, 2012

Matthew 5:3-10 – The Beatitudes Phari-Phrased

| August 3, 2012

Matthew 5:3 – “Blessed are those who are poor in spirit, as long as they wear a tie to serve the Lord’s Supper.” Matthew 5:4 – “Blessed are we who mourn, that others are not as holy and righteous and doctrinally perfect as we.” Matthew 5:5 – “Blessed are we who are meek, as long […]

Matthew 6:9-13; Matthew 26-27 – Foreshadows of the Final Temptation in the Lord’s Prayer

| August 3, 2012

Just as the Lord’s Prayer echoes the Temptation in the Wilderness, it foreshadows the temptation in Jesus’ final day before His crucifixion in the upper room, garden and trial. “Our Father in heaven (6:9) –  “My Father” (26:39) “Hallowed/holy be Your name” (6:9) –  “He has blasphemed” (26:65) “Your kingdom come (6:10) – “I will […]

Matthew 5:3-12 – The Beatitudes: Accomplishments or Acknowledgements?

| August 2, 2012

The Beatitudes are not to be seen as moral achievements but the acknowledgement of the exact opposite – moral depravity, moral emptiness, and moral needs. The Beatitudes are not philosophical idealism but the idea that we are not spiritually ideal. Self-righteousness looks at the qualities of poor in spirit, moral mourning, and such as achievements […]