The Sermon on the Mount has been called the “Magna Carta” of the Kingdom of Heaven. But the principles that govern God’s Kingdom stood in stark contrast to the rules and regulations that had come to dominate first century Jewish life. So when Jesus spoke to the many gathered that day, it marked a dramatic change for God’s people and a revelation of the new thing which God intended to do among them. Join us this week for the first of three messages covering this monumental teaching, as Pastor Ed Buch highlights the foundation upon which the whole message is built: poverty of spirit.