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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

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

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

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,

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

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

I am a Jesus pusher!!! The first two parts of the Sermon on the Mount explain the final section (Matthew 7). Matthew 5 establishes the fundamental

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus said, “For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things” (Matthew 6:32).  These things are His concern for

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus expresses His heart in the spiritual discipline of prayer.  It becomes difficult for us to distinguish between the