The Sermon on the Mount: 6 key ideas
The core ideas of The Sermon on the Mount, each in under a minute, written in our own words. Want the full depth? Get the book.
- IDEA 1 OF 6
Blessed are the gentle
The teaching turns status upside down: the humble, the merciful, the peacemakers and those who grieve are the ones called blessed.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Love even your opponents
Loving only those who love you is easy.
The harder practice is to wish well even for those who wrong you.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
Don't worry about tomorrow
Look at the birds and the wild flowers, the sermon says; they don't worry, yet they're cared for.
Each day has enough to deal with on its own.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Give quietly
Do good without announcing it.
Kindness done for praise loses something; kindness done quietly is complete in itself.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Treat others as you'd be treated
The golden rule sums up much of ethics: treat others the way you would want to be treated in their place.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Notice the plank in your own eye
Before pointing out a speck in someone else's eye, deal with the plank in your own.
Self-honesty comes before judging others.
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