Mercy Commons Podcast

(Exodus 3-4) God's call of Moses from the burning bush teaches us that true adequacy is not found in our status, works, or relationships, but in God.

(Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus calls us to make disciples of all nations, to baptize, and to teach His commandments, promising that the Holy Spirit is with us.

The great commandment (alongside the great commission) has technically been the mandate for every New Testament church ever since Jesus said it. According to Christ, to love God (with all our being) and to love our neigbors (as we love ourselves), also forms the premise of the Old Testament law & prophets.

(Matthew 22) Jesus calls His people to reject political extremes and live as faithful sojourners by participating in the common good, honoring earthly authorities, loving the family of believers, and fearing God above all.

(Matthew 22:1-14) Jesus invites us into the beauty, joy, and intimacy of His kingdom banquet, warning us not to respond with ambivalence, aggression, or arrogance, but to receive by faith the free garment of His grace and enjoy communion with Him and His people.

(Matthew 21:18-32, 42-44) Jesus calls us to bear the fruit of genuine, ongoing repentance in Him.

(Matthew 20:17-28) Jesus redefines greatness as dying to selfish ambition, humbly serving others, and finding true life through surrender to God.

(Matthew 19:3-12) Jesus reveals marriage as a profound spiritual union, exposing the pain of divorce while offering hope and healing for the brokenhearted.

(Matthew 17) God's glory comes down so that our faith can go up.

(Matthew 16) Confessing Jesus as the King shapes who we become, how we live, and what our reward will be.

(Matthew 15) Jesus shows that sin flows from a broken heart, but through Him, our hearts can be made clean and changed.

(Matthew 14) Jesus meets our need with deep compassion, multiplies what we surrender, and shows that His kingdom is for others—what we receive at His table is meant to be shared.

(Matthew 13) Jesus teaches in the Parable of the Sower that people respond differently to God’s word depending on the condition of their hearts, and only those who truly receive it will bear lasting fruit.

(Matthew 28:1-15) The resurrection uniquely proves the Kingdom is here, bringing lasting joy, real peace, and true purpose.

(Matthew 26-27) Jesus chose the cross in strength, revealing a love measured not by our worthiness, but by the greatness of His sacrifice.

(Matthew 21) The King enters not with force but humility, not to meet our expectations but to heal our true blindness, shaking hearts and cleansing what is corrupt, calling for immediate surrender now before He returns in undeniable glory.

(Matthew 12) Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, reveals that Sabbath was never about rigid rules but about receiving God’s mercy. It is an invitation to stop striving and enter into true rest, delight, and communion with Him.

(Matthew 11) Jesus reveals that people respond to His claims in different ways—some with honesty, curiosity, doubt, some with hostility—but ultimately invites all who are weary to come to Him and receive the true and ultimate rest that only He can give.

(Matthew 10) Jesus sends His disciples as the answer to the prayer for workers in the harvest, calling ordinary people to boldly declare the Kingdom of God, rely on the Holy Spirit, and trust that losing our lives for Christ is how we truly find them.

(Matthew 8) Jesus teaches with true authority and proves it by commanding disease, demons, distance, and even the storm, calling us not to tame Him into a source of personal comfort but to stand in awe, heed His warning, and ask in faith, “What sort of Man is this?”

(Matthew 7:13-28) Jesus closes His sermon with a sober call to choose the narrow way, reject empty words, and build your life on obedient faith in Him, because eternity rests on how you respond to what He says.

(Matthew 5:27-32) Jesus exposes lust as a heart issue and calls us to wage Spirit-empowered war against it, not excuse or minimize it.

(Matthew 5:17-48) Jesus raises the bar by confronting the heart and calling us from hidden anger to humble reconciliation that shapes our worship and witness.

(Matthew 5:1-16) The King’s sermon calls us out of the crowd and into a blessed life shaped by humility, holy desire, and lives that shine as salt and light.

(Matthew 4:12–25) Jesus calls ordinary people out of darkness to follow Him in a costly, communal discipleship that forms obedient witnesses of the kingdom.