by Anton Beetge | 15 Dec 2025 | Articles, Bible and Theology, Christian Living
In Matthew 5:7, Jesus declares, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” This beatitude, like the others in the Sermon on the Mount, describes not how one becomes a citizen of Christ’s kingdom, but what such a citizen looks like. Jesus is painting a...
by Stuart Chase | 12 Dec 2025 | Articles, Bible and Theology, Christian Living
Manny grew up in poverty in Lagos, Nigeria, where his family of thirteen survived on less than $2 a day in a two-room cinder block house. Like many poor Nigerian children, he had no shoes—a dangerous reality that exposed him to disease. One day, a white missionary...
by Tim Cantrell | 10 Dec 2025 | Articles, Bible and Theology, Christian Living
Our world has a habit of swapping price tags. Like a thief who rearranges values in a jewellery shop, society places the highest price on youth, appearance, wealth, power, and immediate gratification while devaluing the true jewels of inward beauty, righteousness, and...
by Andrew Aucamp | 8 Dec 2025 | Articles, Bible and Theology, Christian Living
When Jesus began his public ministry, what did he choose to speak about first? Not spiritual warfare, not the end times, not even finding your spiritual gifts. Instead, he spoke about Christian character. In the Sermon on the Mount, he opened with the beatitudes—a...
by Doug Van Meter | 5 Dec 2025 | Articles, Bible and Theology, Christian Living
Human flourishing. Life fulfilment. The abundant life. A happy existence. What ancient philosophers called the “good life.” This has been humanity’s relentless pursuit since creation itself. Many have attempted to define what such an existence looks like. Some...
by Varughese George | 3 Dec 2025 | Articles, Bible and Theology, Christian Living
The Sermon on the Mount stands as perhaps the most profound section of Scripture ever delivered. Saint Augustine described it as “the perfect standard for the Christian life,” while Dietrich Bonhoeffer based his classic work The Cost of Discipleship on its exposition....
