Jesus forbids worry based on God's economy. If God feeds the birds and clothes the flowers, how will not much more wonderfully and abundantly provide for you? Why not seek God's kingdom first and let everything else follow? https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-625-34

Jesus explains how the eye is the lamp of the body. Jesus speaks the the significance of our bodies being full of light or darkness. Jesus also warns that we cannot serve two masters. https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-622-24-0

Jesus continues in this section of the Sermon on the Mount with warnings about fasting and charity.  There is never anything hypocritical, formalistic, or pretentious about those who are honest about dependence. Fasting is an antidote for a noisy, selfish, corrupt human nature, and charity is an antidote for greed. Both antidotes are pursued by … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 6:16-21

The Lord's Prayer recorded in Matthew is an abbreviated version of the Lord actually praying in John 17. Is the Lord's prayer as we know it a floor or ceiling; does it provide a platform for all our prayers or does it limit us? How does the Lord's prayer progress, how is it structured, and … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 6:9-15

What does Jesus say about prayer in the sermon on the mount? How is the prayer of someone honest about dependence fundamentally different from the prayers of others - especially the prayers of the hypocrites? How is Jesus' instruction on prayer consistent with all He taught? https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-65-8