The King's Sermon: The Sermon on the Mount and Life in the Kingdom of Heaven

It paints a picture of a nation whose territory encompasses not land but human hearts and whose borders extend beyond the edges of the cosmos. The author attempts to take what could be an interesting history piece and encourages the reader to treat it as an ever-current call to action. I'd just as soon be a rattlesnake."But is that what Christ intended his sermon to be: a morality code on the hand or an aspirational vision on the other? If it is either, it's lasting impact is certainly summed up in the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer."As a moral code, it is impossible and as a humanist manifesto it is anemic. It has been called by no less a theologian than Augustine, "a perfect standard for the Christian life." Kurt Vonnegut, though not a Christian, wrote that, "if Christ hadn't delivered the Sermon on the Mount, with its message of mercy and pity, I wouldn't want to be a human being. But if it is more, perhaps it can yet be rede

chuckp said The King's Sermon: The Sermon on the Mount and Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Well written, easy read, and interesting read regarding the Sermon on the mount. I recommend it to everyone wanting more study on this subject.