& you're not gonna believe it
when you shake off / what's weighing down heavily Another sermon on Jesus' (better) Sermon (on the Mount) Who here would like a deeper discipleship, a more satisfying spirituality, or a fuller faith? * Raise hand . … Don’t worry. We all do. There’s not a one of us here who graduated from godliness . Whatever else you make of such a notion, you can at least take comfort from the fact you’re in a good place today. Now, I don’t mean that you’re making progress in the pursuit of perfection . Don’t hear that by any means! If anything , we’re all in terrible arrears when it comes to that benchmark. And I don’t even mean that you’ve made it to church , either. Although , that is closer to my meaning than some cockamamy Christianity. No, I’m talking about how holy Scripture has taken us to a good place. Today, by the power of the living word, we find ourselves at the foot of that great mount where Jesus gives his most famous sermon. And in today’s portion of this sermon, ...