The Beatitudes Through the Ages
Author: Rebekah Eklund
Publisher:
Published: 2021-04-27
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780802876508
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The Beatitudes
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
Published: 2009-11-13
Total Pages: 25
ISBN-13: 0802853528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the text of the biblical Beatitudes as an undercurrent, the story of the civil rights movement is told in lyrical text and stirring illustrations.
The Beatitudes through the Ages
Author: Rebekah Eklund
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2021-04-27
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 146746127X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Beatitudes are among the most influential teachings in human history. For two millennia, they have appeared in poetry and politics, and in the thought of mystics and activists, as Christians and others have reflected on their meaning and shaped their lives according to the Beatitudes’ wisdom. But what does it mean to be hungry, or meek, or pure in heart? Is poverty a material condition or a spiritual one? And what does being blessed entail? In this book, Rebekah Eklund explores how the Beatitudes have affected readers across differing eras and contexts. From Matthew and Luke in the first century, to Martin Luther King Jr. and Billy Graham in the twentieth, Eklund considers how men and women have understood and applied the Beatitudes to their own lives through the ages. Reading in the company of past readers helps us see how rich and multifaceted the Beatitudes truly are, illuminating what they might mean for us today.
Momentum
Author: Colin S. Smith
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2016-09-16
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0802493742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Beatitudes are not telling you how to become a Christian—they tell you what a true Christian looks like. Everyone wants to be blessed. We want to be blessed in life, blessed in death, and blessed in eternity. In the Beatitudes, the Son of God tells us about the life that is blessed and about the people who are blessed. But Jesus does more than just describe a blessed life, He gives us a way to actually pursue it. If you want to make strides in overcoming sin, growing in godliness, abounding in good works, and enjoying intimacy with the Lord, this book is for you. And if you have lost hope that any of these things are possible, this book is especially for you. You can make progress, starting today.
The Beatitudes
Author: Charles H Spurgeon
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 2012-09-27
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 1603746862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the most comforting words a Christian could possibly hear from God are, "I want to bless you." In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ told us that we can come to Him as we are—in need, mourning, oppressed, or hungering—and He will bless us. In Charles Spurgeon's revealing exploration of The Beatitudes, you will learn to... Receive God's comfort Develop a gentle, forgiving spirit Inherit the earth Find contentment Obtain mercy Be pure in heart See God more clearly God has an excellent benefits package for His children. Discover the way to receive the rich treasures God wants you to have!
The Pursuit of Happiness--God's Way
Author: Servais Pinckaers
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2011-07-18
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 161097493X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen we think of happiness, we have to admit that our idea is at times worldly and self-centered. Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount showed us that true happiness will elude us, however, if we follow that kind of thinking. And, in the form of a series of promises and challenges, which we have come to know as the Beatitudes, He told us how to find perfect happiness--both here and in the hereafter. In a world that is capable of the best and the worst, we all have reason to be concerned about the very possibility of ever finding happiness in our lifetimes. The good news of the Gospel message is that we can. Even more, it teaches a way based not on rules and obligations so much as one founded on love, a way that depends upon and leads to the blessings of God Himself. These pages have been written in the conviction that every seeker should make the Sermon on the Mount the primary source of what will and will not make her happy. In His approach to the question, Jesus insists from the outset that we face up to the inevitable trials of life: poverty, tears, hunger and thirst, and shows us how we can find God--the source and object of our joy--in the midst of them.
Thoughts from the Mount Of Blessing
Author: Ellen Gould White
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2014-11-03
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 3849646254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this little volume of 200 pages we have a series of dissertations on spiritual subjects, addressed especially to Christians, including thoughts on the Mountain Sermon, the Beatitudes, the Spirituality of the Law, the True Motive in Service, the Lord's Prayer, and on Not Judging but Doing. It is an earnest and affectionate plea for a higher plane of Christian living, and a more thorough and consistent Christian life and character. The writer's style is clear and simple, hut full of that eloquence and warmth of heart which is sure to reach the heart of the reader and plant there its own convictions. It is one of those books which cannot be read with indifference. It is full of an affectionate persuasiveness which is sure to make itself felt.
The Ladder of the Beatitudes
Author: Jim Forest
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1608330826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on stories from the lives of the saints, scripture, and everyday life, Jim Forest opens up the mysteries of the Beatitudes. These ancient blessings, with which Christ began his Sermon on the Mount, are all aspects of communion with God. As Forest shows, they are like rungs on a ladder, each one leading to the next. They appear at the doorway of the New Testament to provide an easily memorized summary of everything that follows, right down to the crucifixion ("Blessed are you who are persecuted") and the resurrection ("Rejoice and be glad").
A Man of the Beatitudes
Author: Luciana Frassati
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780898708615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis moving biography of Pier Georgio Frassati, who turned from a life of privilege to one devoted to working with the poor, and who died at the age of 24 from the polio virus, presents a portrait of a man whose love of God transformed his life and the lives of those around him. Inspired as a young man by Pier Georgio, Pope John Paul II recently approved beatification for Pier Georgio.
Happily Ever After Begins Here and Now
Author: Bill Dodds
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780829409703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiving the Beatitudes Today takes the words Jesus used in each Beatitude and examines what they meant in biblical times, how they have been interpreted by saints and scholars throughout the centuries and how their timeless wisdom can be applied to life today. This book is written for people who want to add more meaning, purpose, and joy to their lives. It is the perfect book for people who want to explore the riches of the Beatitudes on the road to living a happy, complete, and blessed life.
