Robert Phillips
How God Loves Us
Matthew 7:7-11 is yet another part of Christ’s sermon that when isolated, takes on an unintended meaning, but when kept within the...
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Robert Phillips
Sep 188 min
Judging Others
Matthew 7:1-6 is a passage that has been ripped out of context in our culture today, and has been used to give permission and license for...
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Robert Phillips
Sep 47 min
Dealing With Anxiety
Carson writes in his book Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World , “Interpreting the Scriptures demands both...
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Robert Phillips
Jul 314 min
What Our Heart Treasures
The premise for the next section in Jesus’ sermon is to remember to keep God at the center of our heart's desires and affections. It is...
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Robert Phillips
Jul 1711 min
Pious Religion
Martyn Lloyd-Jones says of this next section of Christ’s sermon that it is centered on life in the presence of God (Lloyd-Jones, 289). We...
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Robert Phillips
Jul 108 min
Retaliation & Love
Anger and divorce and the breaking of vows produces enemies. The fallout is conflict. Jesus is following the natural progression of sin...
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Paige Uhl
Jun 128 min
Influence As A Ministry Of Grace
We are living in a culture marked by influence. The word “influencer” has meaning not just in the realm of the ever-expanding universe of...
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Robert Phillips
Jun 57 min
Marriage & Commitment
If the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart, then one of the goals Jesus had in His sermon was to reframe issues of...
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Robert Phillips
May 298 min
Battling Lust
Every major issue that I handle in pastoral counseling is covered to some degree in Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, from anger, to marriage...
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Annie Phillips
May 2211 min
A Biblical Approach To Sexual Purity
In a world where sex is the driving force behind all that we do, and seeking that above all else is god, as believers the natural...
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Robert Phillips
May 158 min
Truth About Anger
Matthew 5:21-26 says: "You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to...
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Robert Phillips
May 110 min
Christ The Foundation Fulfilled The Law
When I was a young man studying in seminary, I can remember every year having to look through a rule book and running through a...
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Robert Phillips
Apr 247 min
Salt & Light: A Metaphor of Purpose
Up to this point, Jesus has laid the foundation for all the rest of the sermon that He will now teach. He wanted to begin with the...
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Robert Phillips
Apr 177 min
The Beatitudes: Peace & Persecution
The Beatitudes result in the path of Christ, which is a path of peace that leads to persecution. Verse 9 of Matthew 5 continues: “Blessed...
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Robert Phillips
Apr 105 min
The Beatitudes: Purity
Let us review what we have learned from the Beatitudes thus far. Matthew 5:3-7 says: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the...
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Robert Phillips
Apr 36 min
The Beatitudes: Mercy
Matthew 5:7 says, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." To understand what it means to give mercy to others, we must...
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Robert Phillips
Mar 274 min
Seasonal Depression Is Real and Good Friday Doesn’t Feel So Good
There are several different types and sub-types of depression. From depression rooted in trauma, to depression born of physiological...
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Robert Phillips
Mar 207 min
The Beatitudes: Spiritual Desire
Why do you attend church? Why do you listen to Christian podcasts or music? Why do you read Christian books or blogs? Why do you attend...
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Robert Phillips
Mar 135 min
The Beatitudes: Meekness
In Psalm 37:10-13, we read these words from David: "In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his...
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Robert Phillips
Feb 215 min
The Beatitudes: Mourning
In John 16:16-24, Jesus tells the disciples that He is going to leave them soon in His ascension to the Father. When the disciples...
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