Matthew 5:9 In Christ, peacemakers are those who, reconciled to God, reflect his peace and reveal their adoptions as sons.
Psalm 24:1-10 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? This is the question at the heart of Psalm 24. It's really a…
Psalm 103:1-18 Mercy received becomes mercy revealed, and mercy revealed receives mercy renewed.
Matthew 5:7 In union with Christ, the merciful life is not a condition for grace, but a consequence of it. Those who have received God's covenant mercy in Christ are…
Matthew 5:6 True blessedness is found in those whom God has regenerated to hunger and thirst not for this world, but for the righteousness found in Christ and grown by…
Matthew 5:5 True meekness is not weakness, but Spirit wrought strength under submission, modeled by Christ, marked in his people, and crowned with the promise of Earth.
Psalm 37:1-11 The promise that the meek shall inherit the earth is a covenantal truth, rooted in God's redemptive plan from Genesis to Revelation, fulfilled in Christ, and applied to…
Matthew 5:1-12 What does it mean to be blessed? To be blessed is to be brought by grace into saving communion with God, through the Covenant of Grace, mediated by…
Matthew 5:1-12 These Beatitudes begin the Sermon on the Mount. What Jesus is seeking to do is instruct us in what it means to live a life aligned with his…