Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 5:8), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… “Blessed are the pure (root: kathar-) in heart…” Jesus talks about the “heart” as the spiritual core of a person’s life, the inner person, the seat of the affections, the source of… Read more »

Join us at the Costa home at 7:30am Sat., Jan. 8, for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss this blog post: “Worship in Spirit and Truth.” Please bring a dish to share, and invite a friend if you’d like! RSVP to Eric.

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 5:7), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… What is mercy? Can someone deserve to receive mercy? God is merciful (Ex. 34:6; Ps. 86:15; 103:8). Is this hard to believe? Have you received his mercy? What has that meant to… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 5:6), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Can you remember a time when you were really hungry for food? Really thirsty for water? People who are hungry and thirsty are enduring an experience of suffering because they lack what they… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 5:5), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Jesus himself is “gentle,” a word also translated “meek” (Matthew 11:29). Since Jesus is God in the flesh, this means that God is meek. (It’s entirely in character for God to live as… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 5:4), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Mourning is a normal experience for those who live in the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. In fact, sadness is inevitable for those… Read more »

Join us at the Costa home at 7:30am Sat., Dec. 4, for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss this blog post: “The Reality of Corporate Worship.” Please bring a dish to share, and invite a friend if you’d like! RSVP to Eric.

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 5:1-12), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… As the “introduction” to the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), the Beatitudes (5:1-12) describe the blessed life of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is the good news (gospel) that Jesus preaches (4:17)…. Read more »