Jesus teaches through three images to wrap up the sermon on the mount. They are a brilliant, intentional illustration of how we can implement everything we've learned this past year.

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Gates, Trees and Houses

"Ask and it WILL be given to you; seek and you WILL find; knock and the door WILL be opened to you." Matthew 7:7. Really? Is this how anyone's prayer life works? What in the world was Jesus talking about? This is a troubling verse, unless Jesus was talking about something else.

Asking, Seeking, Knocking

Matthew 7 is as close to Karma as Jesus gets. Jesus is brilliant, and the way he weaves his teachings together is so, so helpful. Check it out.

Sermon on the Mount: Christian Karma

Jesus wants to teach us how to make the new become normal, and the normal to become second nature.

Sermon on the Mount: I'm Riding a Bike!

These five verses get tossed out the window pretty quick when real life hits. Maybe that's because we don't see things as we should.

Sermon on the Mount: An Eye for an Eye

Anger, lust, prison, eye-gouging... all right there, smack-dab in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount. Let's dive in together.

Sermon on the Mount: Anger and Lust

Jesus gave the disciples and identity, then empowered them to live it out. Listen in as we describe this early group of ragamuffins who Jesus called "the light of the world".

Sermon on the Mount: Salt and Light

Jesus says we're blessed when we're persecuted for doing the right thing. When you pursue righteousness, you will experience resistance.

Sermon on the Mount: Persecution

In this knee-jerking, name-calling, US and THEM world... God is calling us be peacemakers.

Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the peacemakers.

Tackling a couple questions in this one: What does it actually mean to be "pure in heart", and why do those people get to see God?

Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the pure in heart

Merciful people have compassion for the hurting, and they take action. Jesus said those kinds of people will be shown mercy. Since Ryan is the most compassionate person that has ever lived, he teaches us how to become a compassionate person ;)

Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the merciful.

This is a tough topic, but Jesus had plenty to say about it.

Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who mourn

Jesus rose from the dead, but everyone had already seen that happen! Lazarus was dead for four days, when suddenly he was alive again. Jesus shouted, "Lazarus, come out!" and Lazarus walked out of his tomb. But what if Lazarus decided to stay? What if he decided to make the most of the tomb- to just hide in there.... maybe even decorate it?

Easter 2019: Decorating Tombs

Jesus speaks to the hunger and thirst we each have for a better world. He talks about the kind of hunger and thirst we can feel in our bones.

Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst

Jesus speaks to the age-old fear that many of us have... that we won't get our slice of the pie.

Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the meek

Prodigal Church meets on Sunday mornings at 10:30a in Gilbert, Arizona. Ryan Guard is the Lead Pastor. For more info, check out prodigalphx.com.

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