Sermon on the Mount: 40 Days of Learning the Ways of the Kingdom

by Jeremy Bacon

UNDERSTAND THE SERMON THAT SMASHES GOD’S KINGDOM INTO YOUR WORLD “I eventually had the devastating realization that, after growing up as a preacher’s kid, getting a bachelor’s and master’s in theology, and doing a short stint in professional ministry, I had only waded in the shallows.” — Jeremy Have you been wading in the shallows of Christianity? When longtime Bible student Jeremy Bacon began seriously studying the Sermon on the Mount, he found his tidy worldview exploding. In the Sermon on the Mount, street-level wisdom and prophetic declaration collide. This sermon forces you to decide whether you’re going to remain part of the crowd or step out in faith and be a devoted student of Jesus. Choosing the way of Jesus means more cost— and more reward —than you ever would have guessed. Sermon on the Mount is a forty-day discipling resource that walks you through the ways of Jesus’ Kingdom. Will you respond to the call to go deeper? “A model of how biblical exposition ought to be done.”
— JOHN WHITTAKER , adjunct professor of New Testament and creator of The Listener’s Commentary “A down-to-earth conversation that will instruct and inspire you to live the blessed life of a kingdom disciple.”
— RICHARD A. KNOPP , executive director, RoomForDoubt.com; author of Truth About God “Jeremy Bacon hasn’t just studied the Sermon on the Mount; he’s fought to live it. Jeremy has built his house on the rock (Matthew 7:24), and this book can help you do the same.” — MATT PROCTOR , president of Ozark Christian College JEREMY BACON lives in Central Illinois with his three amazing kids. He has a bachelor’s and master’s in theology, which is not super-useful in the retail job he’s worked since 2006. He’s hoping it will come in handy once his kids are grown and he runs off to do Bible translation somewhere.

244 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 19, 2023

Reviews

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author is my brother, so my opinion may be a bit biased, but I don't think it is. I was fortunate enough to get to read one of the rough drafts. I know my brother well. I expected an intelligent, well-written book with solid exigesis, and this book did not disappoint. However, I was blown away at how accessible and real his personal experiences and observations were and the honesty of his delivery. This is not a "churchy" book. This is a book that helps you look at your relationship to Christ in correlation to your relationship and treatment of others. There is no pretense in this book. It encourages you to go deeper in your relationship to Christ than simple, and sometimes superficial, cookie-cutter Christianity. Read it. You will not be disappointed, and you will be encouraged to grow deeper in your faith.

[Eddy Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Bacon's first book, but I hope it won't be his last. I led a group in a study of this book, and the group loved it and found it challenging. We were fortunate to have the author join us on the final day of our study and he preached from his book to our congregation.

Bacon not only opens up the Scripture (the Sermon on the Mount), but does an engaging job of inviting the reader to wrestle with how to live it out. He's a wonderful storyteller, and by the time you finish the book, you feel that not only has the author been your teacher, but that he has become your friend.

I enthusiastically recommend this book both for personal and group study.