EP 2: SERMON ON THE MOUNT

Christine is back with author, speaker, and professor, Dr. Sandra Glahn—this time to explore a collection of Jesus’ teaching that revealed humanity’s “Spiritual Vertigo.” Dr. G walks us through that teaching and explores why folks (then and now) find it so darn challenging. Then things get personal! Christine gets a little feisty as she unveils her motivation behind launching this ministry and podcast, and Dr. G shares how gray hair is forcing her to make a HOLY SHIFT on her take on beauty.

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Our Guest

Dr. Sandra Glahn

Dr. Glahn is a multi-published author of both fiction and non-fiction, a Professor of Media Arts and Worship at Dallas Theological Seminary, and a speaker who advocates for thinking that transforms. Dr. Glahn’s more than twenty books span topics relating to art, gender, sexual intimacy in marriage, and first-century backgrounds as they relate to gender. She has also written eleven Bible studies in the Coffee Cup Bible Study series and has a new book releasing later this year.

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Scripture

Read the whole Sermon on the Mount (recommended)

Listen to the Dwell audio version

Matthew 5:3: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” -Jesus

Matthew 5:6: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. -Jesus

Matthew 5:10-12: “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” -Jesus

Luke 18:9-14: To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 6:41-42: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” -Jesus

Proverbs 16:31: Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.

Quotes

“When we understand how big God is, we are so happy to be small. And that shifts our willingness to pour ourselves out for others.” Christine Chandler Prater

“Righteousness is a synonym for justice, which is love in public.” Dr. Sandra Glahn, paraphrasing a quote attributed to Dr. C. West: “Justice is what love looks like in public.”

“The Sermon on the Mount is a redefining of God’s kingdom, a reorienting to his values, and a reordering of our priorities.” Christine Chandler Prater

We have to be willing to ask ourselves, “Where am I a hypocrite? What is incongruent in myself?” Dr. Sandra Glahn

“Put down the magnifying glass and pick up a mirror.” Author Unknown

”’We always love to be the one who’s flipping the tables. We don’t ever like to admit that we’ve been sitting at a table that Jesus would’ve flipped.” Christine Chandler Prater, paraphrasing Steven Price who said, “Father forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped.”

Prayer from Dr. Sandra Glahn: “Help me to see you as you really are. Help me to worship and follow you. Help me to be honest with myself. Help me to stop othering.”

”If God is God, it’s worth shifting our view of him and the way we engage with others based on who he really is.” Christine Chandler Prater

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