Manna on the Mountain
Dr. Curtis McClane is a Bible scholar with many years experience as a teacher, minister, and Christian counselor with a passion for the Lord and people who want to know God. These lessons on the Bible and Christian life average 30 minutes in length and drop once a week.
Episodes
107 episodes
Matthew Lesson 35: Following Jesus
Matthew 8:18-22 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Following Jesus."This section of Matthew recounts two potential disciples who approached Jesus with declarations that they each intended to become his disciples. Jesus, who could re...
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Season 2025
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Episode 19
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26:37
Matthew Lesson 34: A Leper, Centurion, and Mother-in-Law
Matthew 8:1-17 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Leper, Centurion, & Mother-in-Law."Chapters 8 and 9 of Matthew show us Jesus' "Framework for Ministry." At the end of chapter 9, the author summarizes these two chapters by spell...
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Season 2025
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Episode 18
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25:35
Matthew Lesson 33: Doing Jesus' Teachings
Matthew 7:24-29 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Doing Jesus' Teachings."Remember the old Vacation Bible School (VBS) Song, "The Wise Man Built His House Upon a Rock"? Here are the words to the song:Verse 1The wise man...
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Season 2025
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Episode 17
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29:10
Matthew Lesson 32: Good Fruit or Bad Fruit?
Matthew 7:15-23 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Good Fruit or Bad Fruit."This part of the sermon on the Mount warns against false prophets and prophesying. One of the greatest litmus tests for determining if someone is a false pr...
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Season 2025
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Episode 16
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30:01
Matthew Lesson **: Jesus Our Helper
Note (this episode is out of order to accommodate a routine request and the series number will be updated later).Matthew 11:28-30 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Jesus, Our Helper."What happens when a foot slips? There's n...
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Season 2025
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Episode 15
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26:20
Matthew Lesson 31: Ask, Do, Enter
Matthew 7:7-14 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Ask-Do-Enter."This section of the Sermon on the Mount focuses on Prayer Life, Community Life, and Kingdom Life. Following Jesus into all aspects of our life--we have the image that h...
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Season 2025
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Episode 14
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33:56
Matthew Lesson 30: Jesus Teaches Against Judging
Matthew 7:1-5 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Jesus' Teaching Against Judging."We hate to be judged.Have you ever been misjudged, or have you ever misjudged another to your chagrin or embarrassment? Remember, Jesus in the Sermon ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 13
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25:57
Matthew Lesson 29: Worry and Anxiety
Matthew 6:25-34 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Worry and Anxiety."The verb "merimnaó" is used in the New Testament to describe a state of anxiety or worry, often in the context of being overly concerned about the necessities of ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 12
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35:32
Matthew Lesson 28: Treasures in Heaven
Matthew 6:19-25 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Treasures in Heaven."Jesus taught about values using the metaphor of storing our treasures not on earth, but in heaven. “On earth” refers to the sphere on which we live and encompas...
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Season 2025
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Episode 11
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30:53
Matthew Lesson 27: The Lord's Prayer (Pt 4)
Matthew 6:9-13 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Lord's Prayer (Pt. 4) Forgiveness."This portion of Jesus' prayer example teaches us why forgiveness is so important and the reciprocal nature of forgiveness. Curtis reviews what forg...
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Season 2025
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Episode 10
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33:39
Matthew Lesson 26: The Lord's Prayer (Pt 3)
Matthew 6:9-13 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Lord's Prayer (Pt. 3).""Daily bread" defined as encompassing both physical and spiritual sustenance.1. Physical Bread: Our daily needs for food, shelter, and safety.2. Spirit...
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Season 2025
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Episode 9
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31:07
Matthew Lesson 25: The Lord's Prayer (Pt 2)
Matthew 6:9-13 is the text for this sermon entitled, "The Lord's Prayer (Pt. 2)."We all long for a better world. God’s kingdom breaks into the kingdoms of the world in a transformative way. The kingdom is not the same thing as the churc...
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Season 2025
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Episode 8
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29:41
Matthew Lesson 24: The Lord's Prayer (Pt. 1)
Matthew 6:9-13 is the text for this sermon entitled, "The Lord's Prayer (Part 1)."Jesus had just condemned the hypocritical way of praying. He had also talked about the concerns about prayer and how to pray. In today’s passage, Jesus no...
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Season 2025
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Episode 7
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31:46
Matthew Lesson 23: Jesus' Teaching on Fasting
Matthew 6:16-18 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Jesus' Teaching on Fasting."To understand Fasting, we start with a definition: fasting is to deny physical eating or pleasure to draw closer to God. Three Biblical examples are Davi...
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Season 2025
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Episode 6
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28:37
Matthew Lesson 22: Jesus' Teaching on Praying
Matthew 6:5-8 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Jesus' Teaching on Praying."We are not to pray like the hypocrites, a word for actor that comes from ancient Greek theater. Jesus listed two places where those seeking attention would...
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Season 2025
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Episode 5
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29:30
Matthew Lesson 21: Jesus' Teaching on Giving
Matthew 6:1-4 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Jesus' Teaching on Giving."A. Jesus addresses 3 acts of piety/righteousness that can be exaggerated for show. These are giving alms, praying, and fasting (or other acts of devotion).&...
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Season 2025
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Episode 4
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29:25
Matthew Lesson 20: Be Perfect As God Is Perfect
Matthew 5:43-48 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Be Perfect As God Is Perfect."Continuing his sermon on the mount, Jesus turns the audience toward a hard truth. God expects them to be better than the examples they had at that time...
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Season 2025
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Episode 3
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23:26
Matthew Lesson 19: Jesus' Teaching on Anger
Matthew 5:21-26 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Jesus' Teaching about Anger."Anger is mentioned 14 times in the New Testament. Here are a few for us to look at:•Galatians 5: 19-21 – Works of the flesh (include wrath, ha...
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Season 2025
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Episode 2
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26:08
Matthew Lesson 18: Christ Fulfilled the Law
Matthew 5:17-20 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Fulfillment of the Law & Prophets."A. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus underscores why he came.B. Jesus indicates his relationship to the Law and the ProphetsC. His comi...
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Season 2025
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Episode 1
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31:21
Matthew Lesson 17: The Birth of Christ
Matthew 1:18-2:12 is the text for this sermon entitled, "The Birth of Christ."As Christmas approaches, Curtis brings us the old story of Joseph, Mary, and the birth of the Son of God into our world. When we began the study of Matthew, w...
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Season 2024
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Episode 46
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28:49
Matthew Lesson 16: Salt and Light
Matthew 5:13-16 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Salt and Light."This portion of Jesus' sermon on the mount introduces the metaphors of salt and light. This passage follows just after the Beatitudes, a crucial placement to turn th...
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Season 2024
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Episode 45
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30:23
Matthew Lesson 15: The 8th Beatitude - The Persecuted
Matthew 5:10-12 is the text for this sermon entitled, "The Eighth Beatitude: The Persecuted."This blessing is a reminder that the Christian life is not an easy one. Primary reference to the context of this persecution is within God’s co...
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Season 2024
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Episode 44
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32:22
Matthew Lesson 14: The Peacemakers
Matthew 5:9 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Seventh Beatitude: The Peacemakers."This beatitude connects with our self-identity as sons of God! The term "peacemakers" is only used here in the entire Bible. Peace-making is intentio...
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Season 2024
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Episode 43
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28:00
Matthew Lesson 12: Fifth Beatitude, The Merciful
Matthew 5:7 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Fifth Beatitude: The Merciful."The Christian principle of mercy brings blessings. Mercy could be called a “boomerang” moral principle since the exercise of mercy tends to elicit mercy f...
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Season 2024
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Episode 39
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30:21
Matthew Lesson 11: Fourth Beatitude, Spiritual Hunger and Thirst
Matthew 5:6 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Fourth Beatitude: Spiritual Hunger and Thirst."What did Jesus mean when He proclaimed a blessing for those who "hunger and thirst after righteous"? In this Beatitude, Jesus provides the...
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Season 2024
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Episode 38
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33:13
