Year: 2023

By Chris Kondracki, Senior Pastor, Southside Baptist Church, Dover, DE Read Matthew 5:43-48. Love better. Do better. Be better. Here, in this portion of the greatest sermon ever preached, Jesus gives us the equation for […]

By Michael Haley, Senior Pastor, Cross Creek Church, Fountain, CO Read Matthew 5:38-42. “No mercy” is a statement you might hear from the Cobra Kai Dojo way back in the original The Karate Kid movie […]

By Gary Jayne, Senior Pastor, Somis Community Church, Somis, CA Read Matthew 5:33-37. We can value our words like pennies or treat them like precious gold. Jesus warns us to be very careful how we […]

By Randy Harp, Director, BBFI Central Office, Springfield, MO Read Matthew 5:31-32. One of the general themes of the Sermon on the Mount is living counter-culturally. Today’s passage is one of extreme when it comes […]

By Daniel Dennis, Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Phoenix, AZ Read Matthew 5:27-30. The Pharisees taught that the Seventh commandment (against adultery) was only a sin in an outward action. You could have all […]

By Daniel Woodcock, Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, Gadsden, AL Read Matthew 5:21-26. People can make you angry. Your boss, neighbor, middle schooler, and sometimes even your spouse can all cause you to lose your temper. […]

By Ryan Harp, Creative Director, High Street Baptist Church, Springfield, MO Read Matthew 5:17-20. Do you feel overwhelmed by the fear of falling short of your potential? Has someone ever told you, “You’re going to […]

By David Melton, President, Boston Baptist College Read Matthew 5:14-16. The hillside context of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount was as familiar to His audience as anything possibly could be.  Galileans walked those hills constantly.  Once the […]

By Mark Milioni, President, Baptist Bible College Read Matthew 5:13. Over the years, I have heard this verse described in multiple ways. Using salt as the focus, I have heard our lives are to be […]

By Terry Kizer, APEX Director, BBFI Read Matthew 5:11-12. Persecution comes in many forms for the believer, including being mocked, criticized, ridiculed, ostracized, treated with hostility, and sometimes even martyrdom.[1] We see here three types of […]