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Youth Group: Exploring the Sermon on the Mount

Jan 17, 2012   //   by Cody Clark   //   Blog, Website  //  No Comments

  Youth Group Program: The Sermon on the Mount  (January 15-January 29)

           These three weeks in January we will get back to the heart of Jesus’ teaching. In this Sermon, and 3 chapters of the Good News of Matthew, he wraps up the focus of his ministry while stretching us to our limits. How can it be so simple and so difficult all at the same time? Let’s find out!

“The Beatitudes” (January 15)  Matthew 5.1-12

      Why does God bless these people? There isn’t anything special about them…or is there?

      How do we as Christians live this contradiction?

 

“Salty Crackers & God’s Law” (January 22)  Matthew 5.13-20

     Why does Jesus speak of salty crackers & flashlights? What does that have to do with us and how we live out our faith?

“When Promising to Murder your Enemy is Just Plain Wrong” (January 29)   Matthew 5.21-26

     Why is Jesus waisting his time speaking about murder when it’s already covered in the 10 commandments?

      What is Jesus really getting at?