Category Archives: Sermon on the Mount

SOTM: Background, Part 2 (Honor)

Honor Culture Social scientists speaks of two kinds of culture: honor (or shame) culture and guilt culture. In the West, most nations and people have a guilt culture. That is, we expect each other to be motivated to do right … Continue reading

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SOTM: Introduction and Background, Part 1

I’m not finished with the series on 1 Corinthians — three chapters to go! — but I need to spend some time on the Sermon on the Mount, or as it’s known in the blogosphere, the SOTM. My congregation will … Continue reading

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