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I am a Jesus pusher!!! The essence of the Beatitudes is the word “blessed.”  It is the opening Greek word in all eight Beatitudes, and Jesus

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus gave eight Beatitudes.  There is some argument about this number.  Many have paralleled the Sermon on the Mount with the

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Approaching the Sermon on the Mount causes trembling.  The content of the three chapters absolutely boggles my mind.  At the

I am a Jesus pusher!!! The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Man closes the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:24-27).  It is a focus on the foundation for

I am a Jesus pusher!!! In the last four verses of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus describes the Kingdom of Heaven in its relationship to the foundation

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,