Hey, this is Tyler at Bible Project. I record and mix the podcast.

This year we're exploring Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount.

We're currently taking questions for the first Q&R for this series and would love to hear from you.

Just record your question by February 6

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Here's the episode.

This is a Bible Project podcast and we're reading through the Sermon on the Mount.

The Sermon opens with nine surprise statements about who is a part of what God is doing in the world.

I'm John Collins and with me as co-host Michelle

Hi Michelle.

Hi Michelle. Hi John, remember there are nine Beatitudes and they are in three sets of three triads.

Right, and today we're going to go through the second triad.

This is the triad where you get a picture of the type of people that God is forming.

They hunger and thirst for righteousness, they show mercy, and

they're pure of heart.

So we'll start today with hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

Hungering sounds very intense. I know people who when they get hungry

they're just not people I want to be around. Can you get angry for

righteousness? Yes it's a very evocative image. It also begs the question,

what does Jesus mean by righteousness? That's one of those very churchy words that we just

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