Download or read book An Angel of the Beatitudes written by Emily Ketring and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Ketring was a loving mother, wife, fervent Catholic, and active in her community just finishing her second term as mayor of Perry, Florida, when the unthinkable occurred: she lost her fifteen-year-old daughter, Angel, in a tragic car accident. This life-altering loss led Ketring on a spiritual journey of faith that changed her forever. More than just a collection of journal entries detailing one mother's grief, An Angel of the Beatitudes comprises deep reflections on the nature and character of God and the painful yet refining power of suffering. Ketring doesn't shy away from the difficult questions, including the most difficult of all: When you lose a child, is God still "good, just, and trustworthy"? Ketring shares her struggles as she wrestles with doubt and puts her faith to the most exacting of tests. Instead of abandoning the church or becoming hard-hearted, Ketring chooses to seek the face of God even when the desolation seems overwhelming. If you open your mind to the possibility that suffering can increase your capacity for love, joy, and faith, this honest work straight from a grieving mother's heart will illuminate that most compelling of beatitudes: "Blessed are those who mourn."
Download or read book Words from the Hill written by Stu Garrard and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2017 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A disruptive and surprising journey through the Beatitudes. Most of the time, life doesn't work out like we expect it will. We spend time and energy trying to climb some sort of spiritual ladder, oblivious to the fact that it is God who is moving toward us. We want answers to our problems, yet what is offered is presence. What if we were to become united with our brokenness rather than our victories? What if God moves closest to us in the absence, the ache, and the longing? Words from the Hill turns each beatitude on its head to see the unexpected beneath the understood--diving into the story of a woman on death row to speak about mercy, personal stories from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to talk about peace, and much more. Stu Garrard has walked with these people in their stories, and he vulnerably offers his own as he unpacks the Good News of the Beatitudes. God is on your side, and He is closer than you think.
Download or read book Seven written by Jeff Cook and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beatitudes of Jesus stand in sharp contrast to what ancient believers identified as the Seven Deadly Sins. Both promise us life at its fullest---but only one delivers. Setting the Beatitudes one by one against the Sins, Seven reveals how the Beatitudes point us from the nothingness that devours to the blessedness that restores and fills.
Download or read book The Beatitudes written by Romella J. McNeil and published by Sedate State. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares the wisdom of Jesus, as revealed in His "Sermon on the Mount". This book will help you live your life according to the will of God. You will be encouraged and inspired to live your best life now! The Beatitudes are the only life-guide that you'll ever need.
Download or read book Beatitudes Not Platitudes written by Paul Louis Metzger and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beatitudes, Not Platitudes shows that the Beatitudes are not overused, well-worn answers to the question, "What would Jesus do?" Rather, they are undervalued and hardly touched claims that transform our destinies. More than spiritual nuggets for personal devotion, practical advice, or propositions to be believed, the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 envision and entail a reorientation of the good life in view of Jesus' kingdom. Jesus' teachings reveal to us that living our best purpose-driven life now involves dying to self and the world system, and dying for our enemies. Ideal for group study, this series of meditations on each of the Beatitudes, followed by cultural reflections and study questions, helps to bridge the gaps between personal devotion and societal revolution, the academic and the practical, the ancient and the contemporary. All of us want to be happy, to be well and blessed, and esteemed with honor. However, we look for happiness, wellness, blessing, and honor in different places and with mixed results. This book helps us reimagine the good life by taking a fresh look at the Beatitudes as citizens of Jesus' ever-new kingdom order.
Download or read book Unexpected Blessing written by Cameron Lee and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2004-04-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameron Lee illustrates the nature of God's kingdom by contrasting each Beatitude from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with the ways that our self-centered culture tugs at us. His exposition helps us reevaluate our cultural assumptions and challenge the world's values.
Download or read book The Only Way To Happiness written by John MacArthur and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus' first recorded sermon in the Bible is a blueprint for being happy here on earth. And though His definition contains no prescriptions for acquiring cars, homes, or savings, it does require transformation and obedience. MacArthur examines Jesus' timeless definition of happiness, and explains that our reward for following Jesus' plan is citizenship in the kingdom of God- and an abiding joy that can never be taken away. Study guide and review included for individual or group study.
Download or read book Queer Angels in Post 1945 American Literature and Culture written by David Deutsch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Allen Ginsberg's 'angel-headed hipsters' to angelic outlaws in Essex Hemphill's Conditions, angelic imagery is pervasive in queer American art and culture. This book examines how the period after 1945 expanded a unique mixture of sacred and profane angelic imagery in American literature and culture to fashion queer characters, primarily gay men, as embodiments of 'bad beatitudes'. Deutsch explores how authors across diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, including John Rechy, Richard Bruce Nugent, Allen Ginsberg, and Rabih Alameddine, sought to find the sacred in the profane and the profane in the sacred. Exploring how these writers used the trope of angelic outlaws to celebrate men who rebelled wilfully and nobly against religious, medical, legal and social repression in American society, this book sheds new light on dissent and queer identities in postmodern American literature.
Download or read book The Eight Beatitudes written by Lawrence G. Lovasik and published by Catholic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of 101 titles in the St. Joseph Picture Book Series, this book by beloved author Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. introduces Catholic children to the eight Beatitudes as explained by Jesus Christ in His Sermon on the Mount. Among the features of this book are: an introductory explanation of the Eight Beatitudes two prayers to accompany each of Beatitude a prayer for help to live according to the Beatitudes full-color illustrations durably sewn paperback binding We invite you to view other titles in this series here: https: //catholicbookpublishing.com/browse/st-joseph-picture-books.
Download or read book The Beatitudes written by John Stott and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2008-05-30 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Stott guides the reader through a study of the beatitudes as they reveal to us eight qualities that bring God's blessing: meekness and mercy, poorness in spirit and purity of heart, mourning and hunger, peacemaking and persecution.
Download or read book Claiming the Beatitudes written by Anne Sutherland Howard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In troubles times, hope often seems elusive, a vague promise of the future. But Anne Howard transforms hope into a tangible practice of faith by sharing the stories of young adults who take Jesus’ beatitudes both literally and seriously. Read Claiming the Beatitudes and glimpse a transformational wisdom for church that grounds life in God’s beauty, truth, and goodness.” - Diana Butler Bass, author, Christianity for the Rest of Us and A People’s History of Christianity “Anne Howard interprets each beatitude through the story of a present-day student as well as Jesus’ beatitudes. She brings the beatitudes into our experience now, beautifully, readably, so we can answer the question, ‘Where do you see God’s presence in our world?’ And so we can say, ‘yes, thanks’ to God’s invitation to participate.” - Glen Harold Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary “By focusing on how Jesus’ beatitudes are actually being lived in the lives of twenty-and thirty-somethings today, Anne Howard accomplishes what few before her have done; she takes the beatitudes out of the realm of pietistic platitudes or arcane academics and puts flesh and blood on them. In so doing, she instills a craving in each of us to wrap our own lives around these simple yet revolutionary words.” - Eric Elnes, author of The Phoenix Affirmations and Asphalt Jesus “Can the beatitudes come alive for us today? The moving stories and compelling reflections of Claiming the Beatitudes say ‘Yes!’ The questions at the end of each chapter offer true-to-life challenges. The entire book is an invitation to conversation and conversion. Try it!” - Bishop Frederick Borsch, Professor of New Testament, Chair of Anglican Studies, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Download or read book Let the Beatitudes Be My Attitude in You written by Marlin J. Harris and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beatitudes occupy an expansive realm in God's Promised Land, a bountiful spiritual frontier suspended between heaven and earth. Plunge into God's plentiful grace and goodness to explore this marvelous kingdom in his sequenced and purposeful order. The Beatitudes are a supremely challenging journey, requiring significant sacrifice of earthly nature and great emptying of self. The grand reward is total saturation in God's spirit and living life as Jesus did upon this earth. Experience the Beatitudes in all their richness to comprehend even more completely that celestial world's way of life! Enter through the Door of Christ and encounter your spiritual poverty alongside God's great richness! Climb the Mirrored Mountains of Meekness. Descend into the Purging Valley for the Pure in Heart. Allow each incredible Beatitude to lead you forward toward the unique and purposeful life God has planned for you first on earth and forever in heaven! Discover an ever deeper relationship with God and your fellowman which will never end, neither here nor there! Accompany Wesley Baker's amazing spiritual journey in The Epilogue: The Powerful Pilgrimage of a Suffering Saint, as he finds himself transformed by each Beatitude, allowing them to remake his life in Christ!
Download or read book The Beatitudes An exposition of Matthew 5 1 12 written by Thomas Watson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exposition on the famously known "Sermon on the Mount" of the Lord Jesus Christ. Watson goes verse by verse of the Beatitudes that open up the sermon giving examples and ways to live out the words that Jesus handed down to all people for all time.
Download or read book The Beatitudes for Today written by James C. Howell and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume of the For Today series, author and pastor James Howell takes us on an engaging exploration of the Beatitudes. Howell considers each of the well-known phrases in these passages from Matthew and creatively applies Jesus' teachings to our contemporary world and Christian lives. The For Today series was designed to provide reliable and accessible resources for the study and real life application of important biblical texts, theological documents, and Christian practices. The emphasis of the series is not only on the realization and appreciation of what these subjects have meant in the past, but also on their value in the present--"for today." Thought-provoking questions are included at the end of each chapter, making the books ideal for personal study and group use.
Download or read book The Beatitudes written by Thomas Watson and published by Fig. This book was released on 1660 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ladder of the Beatitudes written by Jim Forest and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing 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").
Download or read book Blessed are They Or Thoughts on the Beatitudes written by Jesse Samuel Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
