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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Most of us assume righteousness means being a good person and following the rules. But that definition often leaves us feeling exhausted, guilty, or empty. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offers a radically different vision. This week, we explore what righteousness actually looks like in the kingdom of God—and how seeking right relationships with God and with others leads to the life we were made for.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. The beauty of this Beatitude is that the blessing is not in receiving this kind of mercy, but in giving it away. There's a kind of blessing reserved only for those who have learned the divine art of giving others mercy. This week, we explore the symptoms of an unforgiving heart and how mercy shows us a better way.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Out of all the Beatitudes, this might be the hardest for us to grasp. Is there any other verse in the Bible that goes against the ethos of our age more than this one? Our world just doesn't work this way. But Jesus invites us into something more. This week, we talk about meekness and how our world desperately needs followers of Jesus who believe and embody this Beatitude.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Many of us have mistaken pure in heart to mean perfection, or sinlessness. But to be pure in heart means something quite different. How do we see God? This week, we continue our study of the Beatitudes as we learn about what it means to be pure in heart.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount with a startling claim: the good life belongs to the poor in spirit – the powerless. Far from glorifying misery or offering a future consolation prize, Jesus is naming a present reality – one that dismantles our illusions of control and redefines where true peace, freedom, and flourishing are found.

We live in a time where people within the church have vastly different ideas about what it means to be a Christian. How do we know we are faithfully following Jesus in our context and in our time? We find the answer to that very question in one of the greatest sermons Jesus ever preaching: the Sermon on the Mount. This week, we begin a new collection of teachings centered on the upside down nature of God's Kingdom, as we study the Beatitudes.