The Bible Unpacked - Historical, Cultural, Supernatural

What did Jesus really mean in Matthew 5? In this episode, we unpack Matthew 5:21–30 and dive deep into Jesus’ teaching on anger, reconciliation, lust, adultery of the heart, and the true standard of the Kingdom of Heaven . Jesus doesn’t just address outward behavior like murder and adultery — He goes straight to the heart. He exposes the progression from anger to contempt, from lust to internal ad...

What did the listeners in the life in times of Jesus hear when he spoke about being the salt of the earth, the light of the world, or fulfilling the law not abolishing it? How could they possibly be more righteous than the religious leaders? In this episode we dive into the sermon on the mount and sit with along side those that sat with him 2,000 years ago and hear it as they did. https://youtu.be...

In the second episode of The Bible Unpacked we dive into the cultural context of the Beatitudes. How could such short phrases captivate so many? What were they hearing as middle easterners in the life and times of Jesus?

The Sermon on the Mount is the most famous message ever given. As a westerner 2,000 years later the cultural understanding is lost to many of us. In the first episode in this series, we lay the historical backdrop of what lead up to the message Jesus gave beginning in Matthew chapter 5. Beginning with Alexander the Great we journey through time as we learn of the spread of Greek influence, the ris...