Prepare to be amazed again at the wisdom of Jesus, The truth upside down! Here is another tough teaching to swallow and apply, Jesus tells us next in Matthew 5:40, “And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.” That just sounds dandy, however, Jesus ca

In Matthew 5:39, Jesus goes on to say, “But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.” I know what you are thinking, this is easier said than done. I am always AMAZED at what Jesus teaches because it is revolutionary, because it fly’s in the face of the world and the teaching of th

We must always remember that Jesus came to “fulfill” the Law of God–not abolish it. Jesus came to show us what God really meant because we just plain get it wrong so very often! You’ve heard an “‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’, but what does that really mean? Join me once

Jesus lived in some very tough times. In one way or another we struggle through tough times. In the coming days we are going to talk about a “THIRD WAY” of dealing with the pressures of this world. The first way is passivity, the second is retaliation–the THIRD way is with the wisd

What Jesus emphasized in his teaching was that honest people do not need to resort to oaths to convince someone they were being honest. It was not that they should refuse to take an oath if required by some “external authority” to do so, but that our YES should be YES and our NO should b

Our mouth can only give up what is stored up in our mind. A person whose mind is polluted with profane thoughts, a person who’s mind is focused not on God…but on themselves, finds it easy to be dishonest, because dishonesty “seemingly” often works to our benefit. I SAY– that’