Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

So far in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, (Ch. 5) he has challenged us to be truly righteous people who, unlike the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law, take our relationship with God deep beneath the surface of just going through the motions of religion and rule keeping.

We are like Salt & Light changing everything and everyone we touch with love— even for our enemies.

In chapter 6 we learned that as Jesus Followers, we no longer seek security in our reputation—what people think of us or in material wealth. We don’t worry. We’re happy and seek God’s Kingdom because we know he will take care of us!

Now in Matthew 7, Jesus is going to paint an unmistakable picture for us of what Authentic Followers of Jesus look like—and what they don’t look like.  (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

The good we do for people, carrying out God’s will on earth as it is in heaven, is the greatest treasure we create on earth and the only treasure we keep for eternity that also pays us rich dividends now!    (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Jesus is a new, unexpected kind of king bringing a new kind of kingdom to earth. He refuses to be our kind of king and will not establish our kind of kingdom. Even so, he bids us enter his new kingdom of love as his willing subjects who follow him, a gentle warrior whose honor is in his humility and whose glory is in his death. Though he will not be our kind of king, will we yet be his kind of followers?

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Motives… Why do we REALLY do what we do?  More specifically, why do we practice our religion the way we do? That’s where Jesus wants to take us—if we’re willing to follow him there.   (more…)