The Town Church / Fort Collins

Jesus continues his relentless focus on our hearts in a straightforward teaching on our giving.

In this episode we wrestle with several "what ifs" that naturally flow from Jesus' teaching challenging our perceived dearly held rights over our body, possessions, time and money. Loving our enemies and being perfect? This text makes our hearts squirm!

What rights do we as Christians have? In a hard hitting text this morning, especially for us as Americans, Jesus narrows in on what we must hold loosely as we follow him.

The issue of honesty and trustworthiness pervades so much of our lives. In this episode we wrestle with some of the ways this impacts our interactions. We also get to glory in the character of God that Jesus' teaching here points toward!

Jesus tackles the heart issue of honesty. Christian trustworthiness is to reflect the trustworthiness of God. And where we fall short, we have a gracious God who credits to us the perfect righteousness of Jesus!

In our longest episode to date, we tackle the challenging issues of adultery, lust, and divorce. These topics often leave people in the church feeling confused and, at times, judged. Our hope is to provide clarity around Jesus' words about the heart issues related to these topics. 

In Matthew 5:27-32, Jesus states the law regarding adultery and then restates it to show the heart behind the law. Those who look at someone else's spouse with lust has committed adultery in their heart. Again, Jesus' greatest concern is the heart of obedience, not just the outward appearance.

Join us today as we consider Jesus' profound words about being the fulfillment of the Law and the prophets. This is a beautiful description of the gospel as Jesus prepares us for six laws and the heart issues underlying these laws. The first law is the prohibition against murder - and the heart issue of anger. 

Join Kirsten Black, Vince Black, and Betty (Beefy) Horiuchi,  as they discuss Jesus' declaration in Matthew 5:13-16 - "You are salt...you are light." Also, find out who has the secret talent of DANCE!