Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount by challenging what we build our lives upon and he tells us that if we are wise, we'll build our lives upon "the rock" instead of the sand. What's the rock he's talking about?
When it comes to our spirituality do we seem to expect it to be easy? In this passage Jesus tells us that the way that leads to life is hard. Which way are you on? The hard way that leads to life? Or the easy way that leads to destruction?
We all love these words of Jesus, "do not judge, lest you be judged." But we rarely examine what Jesus says next - that there are some people we actually ought to judge. Jesus himself judged people. So how do we know who we ought to judge?
Ryan and Christian were both gone this past week so we asked our good friend and pastor, Alfred Poirier, from our sister church, Rocky Mountain Community (in Billings), to come and preach. Alfred shared a difficult passage dealing with money from the OT prophet, Malachi.
Anxiety is a crippling problem for millions of people. But Jesus seems to indicate that this has always been the case. Does your spirituality make a difference in your anxiety? Jesus says that if it is real, it should.
