Pastor Ben continues a Matthew series by introducing the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus’ teaching on life in the Kingdom of God, emphasizing that “heaven invades earth” and that the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–11) are kingdom values. Focusing on “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” it explains spiritual poverty as recognizing the inability to secure identity and satisfaction through false treasures, especially self-sufficiency/success, others’ approval, and moral superiority. It argues people become poor in spirit by experiencing the emptiness of these pursuits, and that the kingdom offers the spiritually poor wealth, rest, and a true home in God’s love.
1 Nov 2026
Introducing the Kingdom
Pastor Ben introduces Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7) as the most important sermon in history and frames Matthew’s narrative as presenting Jesus as the fulfillment of the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants and as a “second Moses” who brings a new covenant teaching from a mountain. He explains the Kingdom of God as central to Jesus’ message throughout the New Testament, emphasizing that it is not merely a future heaven but God’s reign where Jesus is King and "shalom" is God’s design. Using four kingdom categories—domain, design, place, and time—he argues the kingdom overlaps heaven and earth and “invades” daily life through transformed relationships, generosity, healing, adoption, and peacemaking. He concludes that kingdom living is not mainly fixing earthly systems but learning Jesus’ way, joining where God is at work, and embodying the Beatitudes as “salt and light” in the world.
25 Oct 2026
Three Movements of Discipleship
Pastor Mike continues a sermon series through Matthew, focusing on Matthew 4:12–25 and the “three movements of discipleship.” Jesus calls fishermen Peter and Andrew, James and John with the surprising invitation “Follow me,” explaining the first-century rabbi-disciple context, their immediate sacrifice, and Jesus’ promise, “I will make you,” emphasizing formation in community. He reorients them as “fishers of men,” urging listeners to see their workplaces and relationships as mission fields. Finally, Jesus’ teaching and healings expand the kingdom, drawing crowds, and listeners are called to move from darkness to light, follow and be formed, and join Christ’s mission.
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