The Heart of Prayer (Sermon on the Mount 18)

About this episode

This episode explores Yeshua's teachings on prayer, focusing on the distortions of performance and manipulation as outlined in Matthew 6:5–8.

After situating Yeshua’s teaching within the world of Jewish prayer, we now take a closer look at the text itself. In Matthew 6:5–8, Yeshua exposes two distortions of prayer—performance and manipulation—and reveals what true Jewish prayer is meant to be. By Senior Rabbi Nathan Joiner at Ruach Israel, January 17, 2026

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Joiner

Topics covered

• Jewish prayer
• Yeshua's teachings
• distortions of prayer
• true prayer
• Sermon on the Mount

Keywords

• prayer
• Yeshua
• Jewish prayer
• Sermon on the Mount
• Matthew 6:5–8
• distortions of prayer
• true prayer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ruach Israel

Books & works: Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6:5–8

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