Matthew 5
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Give to the one who asks of you
I’m on this man’s side, even though I didn’t give him any money. Right?
January 29, Epiphany 4A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Luke’s Beatitudes are for the poor. What if Matthew’s are, too?
Did Jesus tell us to pray for our enemies?
If so, what did he mean?
Whose Father in heaven?
In Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for enemies.
From Dante to Tina Fey, a romp through history with Jesus’ Beatitudes
Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.
Gratitude, need, and desire
These three stances toward God are the beginning of faith.
November 1, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world
What I’d like to say to President Trump about the Bible
I’d tell him a secret I learned from Eugene Peterson.
Loving your political enemy at the National Prayer Breakfast
Arthur Brooks gave the room an important assignment. President Trump turned it down.
God of life, Epiphany 6A (Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Matthew 5:21-37; Psalm 119:1-8)
How can we live together as God’s people, people who flow with God’s eternal life?
When we lose our saltiness Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (Matthew 5:13-20)
We can lose that which feels most dear and essential to us: our health, a job, a relationship.
February 16, Epiphany 6A (Matthew 5:21–37, Deuteronomy 30:15–20)
Idolatry is the desire to manipulate God.
February 9, Epiphany 5A (Isaiah 58:1–12; Psalm 112:1–10; 1 Corinthians 2:1–16; Matthew 5:13–20)
Putting flesh on the bones of justice
February 2, Epiphany 4A (Matthew 5:1–12; Micah 6:1–8; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31)
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
My holy envy of other faith traditions
How my attraction to other religions deepened my love of my own
A remarkable commentary on the Qur’an and the Bible
Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.
November 5, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Poverty of spirit, like any kind of poverty, is unenviable but survivable.
Well, yes yes and no no (Deuteronomy 30:15-20; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37)
I came into the world cursed with the ability to see all sides of an issue.