Reading the Sermon on the Mount with John Stott: With Questions for Groups or Individuals (Biblia.com)

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The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ most inspiring and challenging description of the Christian counterculture. John Stott’s teaching on this timeless text shows how its value system, ethical standard, religious devotion and network of relationships clearly distinguish it from both the nominal church and the secular world. In this volume Stott’s The Message of the Sermon on the Mount is offered in...

his followers to a life of sacrifice and even poverty, but that is not what he had in mind when he spoke God’s blessing on those who see themselves as empty-handed before God’s bountiful table of grace. One other topic that has to be addressed before we examine the beatitudes individually is the blessing that Jesus promises. Each person who exhibits the quality commended by Jesus is called “blessed.” The Greek word makarios means “happy,” so the translation of

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