by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 10, 2018 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon passage highlighted yet another area where the Pharisees’ so called ‘righteousness’ was far from the mark; this time in the area of truthfulness. While some think Matt 5:33-37 is a condemnation against taking oaths altogether, Jesus is rather...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 3, 2018 | Weekly News
We have been looking in recent weeks at how a Christian’s righteousness can surpass that of the Pharisees (Matt 5:20). Last week’s sermon passage showed us a community where sex was not misused, and women were not degraded to little more than display objects. So how...
by Brendan McLaughlin | May 27, 2018 | Weekly News
Last week we saw how having a relationship with the law giver allows a Christian’s righteousness to surpass that of the Pharisees (Matt 5:20). We delight in following the laws of our loving king. Yet sin also brings delight. In order to surpass the Pharisees’ hard...
by Brendan McLaughlin | May 20, 2018 | Weekly News
In Matthew 5:20, Jesus declares that kingdom people will exhibit a righteousness that surpasses the professional law keepers of his day; the Pharisees and teachers of the law. We heard in last week’s sermon that this happens because Christians pursue their...
by Brendan McLaughlin | May 13, 2018 | Weekly News
On Mother’s Day we are ever mindful of those for whom today brings pain. In particular we think of children who have lost their mother’s, mothers who have lost children, or those from painful family backgrounds. Yet motherhood is a good gift of God, and it is right to...
