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What was the thinking behind generally focusing the book on the Sermon on the Mount?

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What was the thinking behind generally focusing the book on the Sermon on the Mount?

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Jared: The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ blueprint for the kingdom. It’s both the announcement of it and the showcae of what living in the kingdom looks like. So I tracked along with it, beginning with the Beatitudes, as a way of establishing what the rhythms of life in the kingdom of God look and feel like. Ed: You talk in the book about the priority of “being” over “doing.” Can you explain that? Aren’t we supposed to be “doing” stuff? Jared: Yes, we are supposed to be doing stuff. But the importance of the switch-up to gospel-centered formation is that “being” precedes “doing.” The book explores the difference between doing good Christian things we hope will make us more spiritual or holy and doing good Christian things because we are spiritual and holy. The difference is really that, from Abide’s perspective on spiritual disciplines, God is the initiator and we are the respondent, rather than the other way around. I find this order throughout the Scriptures, from the Law being given

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