The Big But ~On the heels of teaching his disciples that in prayer we petition Our Father in heaven, we find this very significant big but: For the pagans run […]

What About … What about my happiness? What about my needs? Leave everything? This radical life of following Jesus, focusing on the vertical and not the horizontal, would raise a […]

–Right in the middle of his teaching on true acts of devotion, we find the passage known down through the years as The Lord’s Prayer. This sample prayer that Jesus […]

Giving, Praying and Fasting ~We all like to be noticed. To have someone recognize your efforts feels good. As the Sermon on the Mount continues, Jesus turns his attention to […]