If Jesus gave a TED talk, what do you think He would say?

In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gets straight to the heart of the subjects that matter most to us: money, worry, sex, how to deal with enemies and our eternal destiny. 

Dr. Robert Jeffress is senior pastor of the 16,000-member First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, and is a Fox News contributor. His daily radio program, "Pathway to Victory," is heard on more than 1,000 stations nationwide, and his weekly television program is seen in 195 countries around the world. Jeffress has appeared on many media outlets, such as "Fox & Friends," "Hannity," "Good Morning America" and "Real Time with Bill Maher." He is the author of nearly 30 books, including "Not All Roads Lead to Heaven," "Choosing the Extraordinary Life" and "18 Minutes with Jesus," which will be available nationwide Oct. 4, 2022. He lives in Dallas.

In my new book, "18 Minutes with Jesus: Straight Talk from the Savior about the Things That Matter Most," I address these topics and more, and dig deep into what is known as one of Jesus' most powerful sermons. Though brief, the powerful 18-minute long Sermon gets straight to the heart of the subjects that matter most to us: money, worry, sex, how to deal with enemies and our eternal destiny. 

In economic times like these, it's hard to focus on and do the right things and easy to fall into the many worldly traps laid out before us. As Jesus explained, it is foolish for us to chase temporal things such as earthly wealth that is temporary instead of heavenly wealth which is eternal.  Jesus said wealth can be easily lost (think a plummeting stock market) or destroyed by moths and rust (or today by inflation and high interest rates).