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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,

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

I am a Jesus pusher!!! In the Sermon on the Mount, the issue of charitable deeds is not about the deed itself but about the focus of your heart.  “For

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus again highlights secrecy in the third religious observance, “fasting” (Matthew 6:16-18). His insistence on secrecy is not

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Intimate relationship with Him shared through daily living applies to the spiritual discipline of “prayer” (Matthew 6:5-15).