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Video Message Series – Sermon on the Mount

August 12, 2026 /

These 24 messages on the Sermon on the Mount were prepared for Long Beach Friends Church in 2024. They follow the Bible Project‘s Sermon on the Mount material for additional study. The links below will open a video of the message from Long Beach Friends Church on YouTube.

2024-01-07 – Introducing the Sermon on the Mount
2024-02-11 – Startling Freshness
2024-02-18 – Peacemaking and its Consequences
2024-02-25 – Visible Salt and Light
2024-03-03 – Jesus and Torah
2024-03-10 – Murdering the Image of God
2024-03-17 – Good News! Jesus is Lord.
2024-03-24 – The Problem with Lust
2024-04-07 – Jesus Comments on Divorce
2024-04-28 – When Our Words Use God for Our Purposes
2024-06-02 – What “Hypocrite” Means to Jesus
2024-06-09 – The Lord’s Prayer
2024-06-23 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part One
2024-06-30 – Lord’s Prayer – Daily Bread
2024-07-07 – The Lord’s Prayer – Forgive
2024-07-14 – The Lord’s Prayer – Temptation
2024-08-25 – Fasting, Treasure, and Eyes to See
2024-09-01 – Mammon!
2024-09-08 – Real Treasure
2024-09-29 – Worry
2024-10-06 – Ask Seek Knock
2024-11-03 – Two Gates
2024-11-10 – Watch Out for False Prophets
2024-11-17 – Grounded on the Rock

The photo depicting the literary design of the Sermon on the Mount was downloaded from Bible Project. It was downloaded from the BibleProject Guide entitled Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount. We highly recommend the BibleProject material for study; it is absolutely wonderful – and freely available!

Christians Value Human Life

February 28, 2026 /

I read a quote by David French a few days ago that I appreciated:

Jewish lives aren’t more precious than Palestinian lives, and any
form of advocacy for Israel that treats Palestinians as any less
deserving of safety and security than Israelis isn’t just
un-Christian; it’s anti-Christian. It directly contradicts the
teachings of Scripture, which place Jews and Gentiles in a position of
equality.

Toward a Sane Christian Zionism, New York Times, February 15, 2026

Given the events of this day and this year, I might add that Iranian lives are not less previous than other human lives. And immigrant lives are not less precious than citizen’s lives. War begets war. Violence begets violence. Hate begets hate. Injustice begets injustice. We are called as followers of Jesus to make peace – to love enemies even.

George Washington often quoted from Micah 4.4 in his writing. I’ve quoted Micah 4.2-4 below. The last sentence is Micah 4.4.

Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

Micah 4.2-4

Please, LORD, teach us your ways.

Jesus is Lord.

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