Canonizing a Counter-Culture - Another Subtitle for the Sermon on the Mount: The Sermons on the Mount, on the Plain and in the Valley - Volume II

The Sermon on the Mount is the greatest speech ever and the best example of Jesus' teaching ability. His message contains gem-like multi-levels of understanding and timeless truths, which heal believers. This second volume on the Sermon on the Mount takes the healing from the individual level to the collective level. It was clearly Jesus' intent to improve the culture of his time. But the things he emphasized are just as needful and effective today for our troubled and sinful society. A special surprise uncovered in the objective analysis of the Sermon is the Apostolic Declaration of God as a Father. 150 pages are devoted to Jesus' presentation of the profound aspects of God as a Father and the responses of His children. Who better to know the greatest Father than the greatest Son! The author takes this insight further into the practical application of how we should parent our children like God parents us. Who knew that the Sermon the Mount contained a Manual on Parenting? But how better to change our ailing culture! Another 150 pages features the astounding depth of the Lord's Prayer: The Universe of Prayer which is the highway to God's heart and building a relationship with Him. The Lord's Prayer is much deeper than most Christians realize. The author showcases Jesus' profound style of multi-faceted presentation, analyzing the prayer from seven gem-like perspectives. This sermon changed the world and this detailed revival of it can change it again! When you understand Jesus' words, you will never be the same!

Rev. Jon O. Nessle is from a family of researchers, teachers and Sons of the American Revolution, including PhDs, Preachers, School Principals and a Signatory of the Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. His father, James P. Nessle, was a self-taught scientist and ecologist whose knowledge was so comprehensive he had one of the very first TV shows on Nature from 1947-57 on WSPD TV Toledo, OH. Later his father lectured about Nature in Schools all over the Midwest, imitating birds during his discourses. Jon followed in his footsteps, but with the Bible instead of Nature, and teaches Non-denominational Christian Seminars all over the USA. The fact that his father had an odd occupation led to Jon being severely bullied in school. He became an angry, bitter young man who was headed for public enemy #1. One evening he crashed a fellowship, thinking it was a party. Within seconds, the leader spoke to him by revelation saying "God will do A, B and C for you." which were big missing things in his life. He miraculously changed, becoming an ambassador of Christian love and Biblical accuracy. Jon attended every fellowship he could, checking the teachings with a Young's Concordance and Interlinear Bible. His teachers had said, "Don't believe things because we say so, check them out for yourself." Jon soon discovered he could comprehensively answer people's Bible questions, not merely parroting what was taught. He became a missionary, entered Seminary, and became a Research Assistant to the President of a ministry. Then Jon joined Christian Family Fellowship and was ordained in 2001. Jon has developed many Seminars including The Body of Christ and how to find your part in it, Christian Leadership, the Worship Manifestations of Holy Spirit, Old Testament History, The Star of Bethlehem, One God and How to Research the Bible. Jon began researching the 3 great Sermons of Jesus and produced 4 books on the Sermon on the Mount, on the Plain and in the Valley. Subsequent teachings were developed on: How to love enemies and pray for them, How to deal with revenge, The Beatitudes, Repetitions in the Bible being ancient content markers, The Universe of Prayer, Godly Parenting, Dispensationalism, the Phases of Christ's Ministry and what Jesus is doing now at God's right hand as head of the Body. One thing most commonly reported about his teaching style is how he breaks things down so they can be understood and practiced.