1.0Jesus Creedhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreedxscot mcknighthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/author/xscot-mcknightTalk about closing a sermon - Jesus Creedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="h8X67iVwid"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2006/02/talk-about-closing-a-sermon.html">Talk about closing a sermon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2006/02/talk-about-closing-a-sermon.html/embed#?secret=h8X67iVwid" width="600" height="338" title="“Talk about closing a sermon” — Jesus Creed" data-secret="h8X67iVwid" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Very few sermons close off as forcibly as the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus summons people to follow him, and the way he does this is to clarify the sort of followers he has in mind (beatitudes), the salt and light vocation, the surpassing righteousness he expects, and the simplicity of doing things with integrity…