We all long for lives that can withstand the inevitable storms. We want our relationships to hold under pressure, our faith to stand strong when tested, and convictions to remain when circumstances shift beneath us. But what if the difference between a life that stands… Read More »Hearing and Doing

This week, Carrie Buckner explores Jesus’ teaching about the narrow path of discipleship and the danger of false teachers (Matthew 7:13-23 NIV). Drawing on the challenging imagery of wolves in sheep’s clothing and trees bearing good or bad fruit, he examines what it means to… Read More »The Path is Narrow

This week, Dr. Rafael Rodriguez, Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, talked about the way Jesus’s instructions to Ask, Seek, and Knock through prayer can feel really challenging. We can ask, we can seek, and we can knock, yet it oftentimes feels like… Read More »Oh Really?

This week, Julia Allan walks through Matthew 6:25–34, where Jesus commands His disciples, “Do not worry.” These words aren’t a shallow call to ignore anxiety or poverty, but an invitation to freedom from the illusion that our worth or security depends on what we produce, earn, or… Read More »Do Not Worry

This week, Pastor Shaq Hager walks through Matthew 6:19-24, a portion of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus warns His disciples not to store up treasures for themselves. Because, where our treasure is, our hearts follow. Jesus challenges us to examine what we truly… Read More »Eye of the Heart

Jesus’ command to love your enemies has fallen into disfavor. Christians who align with progressive political ideals and Christians who identify with conservative political goals have come, in many cases, to hate their political opponents and consider that hatred righteous. After all, if we view… Read More »Love Your Enemies

This week, Pastor Dennis Allan focuses on what it means for Jesus’ people to be t non-violent people who tell the truth. In Matthew 5:33-37 Jesus outlines why His people shouldn’t make “oaths,” but instead simply allow their “yes” to mean “yes” and their “no” to… Read More »Non-violent Truth-tellers

This week, Carrie Buckner explores Jesus’ words on murder and lust in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:21-30 NIV). While it can seem like Jesus might be talking about two separate moral issues, He’s actually describing one: the way we view, think about, and… Read More »The State of Our Hearts

What did Jesus mean when He said, “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven”? (Matthew 5:20 NIV). Does this really mean we have to… Read More »Fulfilling the Law

This week, Pastor Shaq Hager continues our series on the Sermon on the Mount by focusing on the way in which Jesus informs His disciples that they’re salt and light in the world. The implication for the disciples is clear. Their lives are to be… Read More »Salt and Light