Articles
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11 mins read|10/30/22
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints: Series C)
The words of Jesus shine with a graceful brilliance among the broken fragments of this world. -
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. -
11 mins read|02/03/20
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20 (Epiphany 5: Series A)
The followers of Jesus have a function to perform. When they do not perform it—that is, when they are not being themselves—the world suffers. -
12 mins read|01/27/20
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (Epiphany 4: Series A)
Our first mistake in thinking about the blessed life is we expect to experience it fully in this life. -
9 mins read|10/28/19
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints Sunday: Series C)
On All Saints Day, the beatitudes remind us how God in Christ claims people, frail, humble, poor, mourning, and makes them His own.
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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. -
Episode # 319 Featuring Pastor Edward Killian "Jesus Ain't Playin"
Pastor Killian Teaches On Matthew 5:21-37 -
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. -
What's a B-Attitude?
The Beatitudes aren't veiled Law, but pure gracious Gospel. Jesus tells us we are blessed when we are found in Him.
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