🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 46

Title: If we just lived the Sermon on the Mount

Description:

It’s Friday morning, June 27th. I’m sitting in a parking lot outside Luckman's Coffee after reading through Matthew 5–7 on my Bible app. No script. Just heart. I reflect on Jesus’ teachings, the tension of living them out, and how this whole thing—CRUMB, this confessional, even my parenting—is built on trying to do what He says. The sermon on the mount exposes me, invites me, and gives me a blueprint to follow.

I talk about:

• How Jesus lived what He preached, unlike the Pharisees
• Wrestling with lust, hypocrisy, and obedience in daily life
• The real cost of building your life on Jesus vs the world
• Why CRUMB exists as a personal anchor for obedience
• The danger of justification cloaked in “American morality”
• Wanting to leave a legacy for my kids rooted in the gospel
• How God changed me when I had nothing left but crumbs

💡 Highlights & Timestamps:

00:00 – Parking lot Bible app scroll leads to Matthew 5

04:41 – Jesus’ authority vs the empty show of religion

10:15 – The hidden cost of American justifications

18:12 – “Are we actually doing what Jesus says?”

23:45 – My slow trust was built crumb by crumb

27:50 – Lust, sunglasses, and Charleston confessions

34:00 – "If we all lived this, the world would change"

39:16 – I'm doing this even if I never make a dime

47:10 – Legacy, kids, and trusting God’s provision

53:35 – This is the only thing that ever worked for me

📖 Scriptures Referenced:

Matthew 5:7 – “You’re blessed when you care...”

Matthew 5–7 – The Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 6:24 – “You cannot serve both God and money”

Matthew 7:21 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord...’”

Ecclesiastes – Enjoy your food and drink; it’s God’s gift

Romans 11:17 (alluded) – Grafted into His family

John 15 (implied) – Remaining in the vine

Luke 6:45 (implied) – What the heart is full of

🧠 Core Takeaway:

If we actually lived the Sermon on the Mount, almost everything we complain about in this world would go away. But doing what Jesus says—daily, visibly, quietly—is the real test.

🙏 Closing Line:

Crumb Confessional #46 — I’m just a little lonely boy in a parking lot with a Bible app, saying yes to Jesus one crumb at a time.