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The Christian Salt & Light Company: A Contemporary Study of the Sermon on the Mount
This famous sermon of Jesus teaches how believers ought to live so as to have a good influence upon others.
185 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Haddon W. Robinson
53 books40 followersHaddon W. Robinson (PhD, University of Illinois) was the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching and senior director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He authored numerous books, including It's All in How You Tell It and Making a Difference in Preaching.
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June 23, 2021
Five stars all the way.
Dr. Robinson exposits Matthew 5 which covers the Beatitudes, the believer being salt and light, Jesus stating He came to fulfill the Law and then Jesus' 6 illustrations showing what the Law of the Old Testament was really about. It's about internal righteousness vs. external righteousness.
"The Sermon on the Mount is for all loyal followers of Jesus Christ. It is the manner of conduct He expects from them in a foreign environment as they anticipate the time He will return and set up His kingdom.
The message on the mount is not the standard by which we can and will have a relationship to the King. Neither is it the unreachable line on the wall nor a constitution for nations. Nor is it merely something for the future.
The principles of the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly the Beatitudes, are goals to dominate us now, here on earth. They are not ideals. Ideals are unreachable and often frustrate us because they demand perfection to reach them. Christ didn't set up impossible ideals; He established goals, markers and muscle-builders along the way. We may not be able to swim an ocean, but we can dog-paddle a stream, backstroke a river, or sidestroke a lake. We even can crawl-stroke a sea from island to island. Yet reaching a goal is not the end; it only gives us more strength to swim another stroke."
"God is more interested in the process than the pinnacle itself. Going after the goal becomes its own reward."
"An ideal is what we will be when God makes us all that we should be. A goal is different; we can work toward it now, and our actions and attitudes are affected in the process."
"Jesus was setting goals in the Beatitudes and the whole Sermon on the Mount, not impossible ideals. He wants His disciples to strive toward these goals to master a new kind of life. Although we may initially feel like a fourth-grader splashing in the pool, as we press toward the goals they begin to permeate and change our lives."
Dr. Robinson can say a lot in a few words. His teaching is Biblically accurate and very clear.
Dr. Robinson exposits Matthew 5 which covers the Beatitudes, the believer being salt and light, Jesus stating He came to fulfill the Law and then Jesus' 6 illustrations showing what the Law of the Old Testament was really about. It's about internal righteousness vs. external righteousness.
"The Sermon on the Mount is for all loyal followers of Jesus Christ. It is the manner of conduct He expects from them in a foreign environment as they anticipate the time He will return and set up His kingdom.
The message on the mount is not the standard by which we can and will have a relationship to the King. Neither is it the unreachable line on the wall nor a constitution for nations. Nor is it merely something for the future.
The principles of the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly the Beatitudes, are goals to dominate us now, here on earth. They are not ideals. Ideals are unreachable and often frustrate us because they demand perfection to reach them. Christ didn't set up impossible ideals; He established goals, markers and muscle-builders along the way. We may not be able to swim an ocean, but we can dog-paddle a stream, backstroke a river, or sidestroke a lake. We even can crawl-stroke a sea from island to island. Yet reaching a goal is not the end; it only gives us more strength to swim another stroke."
"God is more interested in the process than the pinnacle itself. Going after the goal becomes its own reward."
"An ideal is what we will be when God makes us all that we should be. A goal is different; we can work toward it now, and our actions and attitudes are affected in the process."
"Jesus was setting goals in the Beatitudes and the whole Sermon on the Mount, not impossible ideals. He wants His disciples to strive toward these goals to master a new kind of life. Although we may initially feel like a fourth-grader splashing in the pool, as we press toward the goals they begin to permeate and change our lives."
Dr. Robinson can say a lot in a few words. His teaching is Biblically accurate and very clear.
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