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Reading the Sermon on the Mount with John Stott: With Questions for Groups or Individuals is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Jesus’ promise is that those who mourn over their own sinfulness will be comforted by the only comfort that can relieve their distress—God’s free forgiveness. The greatest of all comfort is the cleansing pronounced over every sinner who comes to God in humble confession. Isaiah declared that one of the marks of the Messiah would be his willingness to “bind up the brokenhearted” (Isaiah 61:1)—and Jesus abundantly pours the healing oil of his grace into our wounded, scarred lives. We look forward to
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