Apr. 1—Told in its entirety only in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount is a compendium of Jesus Christ's teachings that was meant to correct the inhumane religious leadership of that day. Ministers ...

It’s a common saying that a homilist should prepare to preach with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This week, as I was praying and meditating about our Lord’s teaching about being ...

The Pharisees are often used to represent the pinnacle of religious achievement. They were scrupulous in keeping the Law of Moses. In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7), however, Jesus ...

David Buttrick, who through his teaching and writing has shaped a generation of Pro­testant preachers, admits he is not "a guild-approved" biblical scholar. But he here puts forward a homiletic method ...

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them" (Matthew 5:17). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three ...

As the Church walks through the great Sermon on the Mount in the Mass, we are all reminded of the way of love and the life that we are called to live as followers of the Lord Jesus. It is an immense ...

Cambridge, MA. It is the start of the new semester at Harvard, and these weeks are more than ordinarily busy — even as the relative quiet of the weeks between semesters and our 60+ inches of snow ...

This is Danish artist Carl Heinrich Bloch’s depiction of Jesus Christ giving the Sermon on the Mount. Bloch lived from 1834-90. (Courtesy Photo) Told in its entirety only in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on ...