Blessed are the Pure in Heart

       The Sermon on the Mount’s beatitudes do far more than portray the essential characteristics of a righteous person.  The promises they contain are most extraordinary—“theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (vv. 3, 10); “they shall be comforted” (v. 4); “they shall inherit the…

The Righteousness of Mercy

       The portrait of a righteous person etched by Jesus in the Beatitudes is profoundly simple and simply profound.  Beginning with a foundation of a right view of God, self, and sin, Jesus’ description moves to the proper use of one’s will and the…

Comforting Concerned Hearts

            “But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you; whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he…