Don't Be a Hypocrite: And Other Lessons I'm Still Learning from the Sermon on the Mount

by Bob Jennerich

You’ve probably read the Sermon on the Mount and thought, “Was Jesus serious? Who can possibly obey this?” Jesus preached this sermon on a hillside by the Sea of Galilee two thousand years ago to confront the world’s value system, and to teach about the kingdom of heaven. His audience listened with awe as Jesus systematically dismantled the teaching of the scribes and Pharisees. He taught the values and attitudes that true citizens of the kingdom heaven possess. It makes us question not only everything we do, but every motive behind it. It’s the greatest sermon ever preached, but hard to understand and apply to our lives. Like a surgeon, Jesus cuts us deep to heal us. His message to us is simple, “Do Not Be Like the Hypocrites.” A kingdom citizen must be different.

This book divides the Sermon on the Mount into 24 bite-sized chapters. Each one explains Jesus’s teaching and gives practical applications for living Jesus’s way. In studying it, we learn how much we need Jesus, and how to become more like Jesus. Could there be more worthwhile goals?

266 pages, Paperback

Published April 22, 2022