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12 mins read|11/05/23
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints Sunday: Series A)
Instead of the miraculous, Jesus gives us the mundane. Why? Because the Kingdom of God belongs to these people. -
12 mins read|02/12/23
Gospel: Matthew 5:21-37 (Epiphany 6: Series A)
For Jesus to be enforcing God’s Law seems strange to some people today, and it would have seemed strange to some people back then. -
11 mins read|02/05/23
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20 (Epiphany 5: Series A)
God has the power to take that which is small, that which is overlooked, that which is despised, and use it to create something wonderful. -
16 mins read|01/29/23
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (Epiphany 4: Series A)
I hope your people expect and even demand this of you. But how we proclaim the central message, that can (and probably should) vary. -
10 mins read|10/25/20
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints Day: Series A)
Jesus breaks through our barriers in His beatitudes. He shatters our conceptions of the blessed life and opens the Kingdom of God to all people. -
9 mins read|02/10/20
Gospel: Matthew 5:21-37 (Epiphany 6: Series A)
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus establishes a whole new standard for what it means to live as one of His people.
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Podcasts
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Matthew 5:1-12 – All Saints (A)
On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson talk about the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. We learn how these characteristics of the Christian aren't virtues to be conjured by hard work and devotion, but are descriptions of what happens to the Christian once faith in the promise has been given. -
Matthew 5:21-37 – Epiphany 6 (A)
Continuing with the Sermon on the Mount, this episode of Preaching the Text examines Jesus' teaching of the law. Christ doesn't change the law of Moses or introduce a new law, but teaches the law to his hearers that had been in force since the beginning. -
Matthew 5:13-20 – Epiphany 5 (A)
In today's episode of Preaching the Text we talk again about the distinction between law and gospel. -
Matthew 5:1-12 – Epiphany 4 (A)
In this episode of Preaching the Text, we discuss the beatitudes – what Luther once described as the devil's favorite text of scripture to distort.
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