During the Sermon on the Mount, immediately after delivering the Beatitudes, Jesus began his ministry of “new law” – a different and expanded perspective of Old Testament teachings. He told those listening: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, it becomes useless, no longer good for anything, and must be
Seeing the large crowds, Jesus moved to the side of a mountain and sat down. His disciples followed and gathered around him. Jesus began to teach them while the crowd listened. Popularly known as “The Sermon on the Mount”, he began with “The Beatitudes”, and said: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
Gallup has just released the astonishing results of a survey designed to measure how American's ideas about immorality have changed over the past dozen years. Not surprisingly, the poll revealed that the moral standard has declined significantly as evidenced by the acceptance in the media of once questionable moral standards such as same-sex marriage and
How citizens fail to recognize declines in society's code of moral standard Absolute consensus on societal issues will likely never exist. There will always be disagreement and dissension over what constitutes right and wrong. But laws, leaders, and societal groups assert great influence on citizens and can promote an issue to the point that the majority