Blessed are the Peacemakers

It’s been called “The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached.” And rightly so. The content of the teaching Jesus delivered “on the mount” is not only timeless – appropriate for every generation – but timely – uniquely valuable for our generation.

Dave DeSelmJanuary 27, 2021devotionals, devotional, peace, peacemaker, blessed are the peacemakers, children of God, Beatitudes, Sermon on the Mount, St. Francis of Assisi, make me an instrument of your peaceComment

Plank-Eyed Speck Removers

The gospels record how, on multiple occasions, Jesus healed those who could not see. He recognized that physical blindness carried all sorts of negative implications. The thing is, Jesus was no less concerned about a parallel, yet no less costly, sort of blindness. That of a spiritual nature.

Dave DeSelmSeptember 30, 2020Matthew 7:3, judging others, judgment, being judgmental, don't judge others, blindspots, speck and plank, speck in your own eye, Sermon on the Mount, point out others failures, spiritual blindness, self-deception, deceiving yourselfComment

The Speck and the Plank

A pastor named Andy Stanley says that a lot of times when a spouse with a distressed marriage comes in to talk to him, all they can talk about is where the other spouse is at fault, how they blame their partner.

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