I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus uses illustrations from nature familiar to everyone. Grapes do not come from thorn bushes; figs do not come from
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I am a Jesus pusher!!! In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus focuses on the internal (Matthew 7:15-23). If the moral system is a reward for the journey we
The Congregation (Acts 4:6)
by Stephen Manley … as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were
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I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus moves the discussion in the Sermon on the Mount from a physically focused activity to a relationally focused activity
The Sanhedrin (Acts 4:5)
by Stephen Manley And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, Acts 4:5
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by Stephen Manley I am a Jesus pusher!! Jesus raises the issue of “source” (Matthew 7:7-8). If none of my energy is spent in criticizing, judging,
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I am a Jesus pusher!! Jesus proposed the Kingdom of Heaven in not a moral system to achieve. In fact, if the Kingdom of God shapes our lives into the
Let the Contest Begin! (Acts 4:12)
by Stephen Manley “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
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I am a Jesus pusher!!! In the final statement of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus begins with “The Statute of the Standard” (Matthew 7:1-6). This has to