(Originally posted on the Bibles for America Blog.) The Sermon on the Mount, the traditional name for what Jesus spoke in Matthew chapters 5-7, begins with nine blessings known as the Beatitudes. These blessings are full of rich meaning for our Christian life today. In a previous post, we discussed the meaning of the very first blessing recorded in Matthew 5:3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.”...
What Does It Mean to Love God with All Your Heart?
(Originally posted on the Bibles for America Blog.) The Lord Jesus said in Mark 12:30: “And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.” What does it mean to love the Lord from our whole heart, our whole soul, our whole mind, and our whole strength? Do we even have...