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The Privilege of Persecution

Everything about the person of Jesus Christ condemns the darkness and the wickedness in all of us.  Truth makes the unregenerate increasingly more uncomfortable.  As a result, Jesus experienced and endured consistent misunderstanding and severe…
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Peacemakers

Peacemaking is not our natural tendency.  It has nothing to do with having an easy-going attitude, appeasing people at opposite ends of a conflict, maintaining the status quo, or keeping the peace regardless of the…
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Seeing God

The Beatitudes spoken by Christ in his message on the mountain are radically transformative.  It is the Spirit of God and the Word of God that have the capability to change us in such a…
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Sweetly Broken

The transformation of the Spirit and the Word of God radically changes the trajectory of our lives.  We begin to develop an insatiable craving for the person and purposes of God.  Being poor in spirit,…
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Sacred Craving

We shall continue to navigate our way through the Beatitudes.  As Jesus teaches, He is setting the stage for His radical and counter-intuitive kingdom.  He is reconstructing the hearts and the minds of the disciples…
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Meek, Not Weak

The poor in spirit are those who understand their spiritual bankruptcy, their moral destitution, and their desperate need before a sovereign and holy God.  Radical transformation begins with demolition.  This is the initial and fundamental…
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A Godly Sorrow

The poor in spirit are those who understand their spiritual bankruptcy and their desperate need before a sovereign God.  This transformation of a life via God’s Spirit begins with a demolition of self-sufficiency and self-righteousness…
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The Affluent Poor

The fundamental characteristic of kingdom pilgrimage is that of being poor in spirit.  This has nothing to do with voluntary poverty.  Outward poverty is not essential to the kingdom.  Outward wealth is not incompatible with…
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Blessed

There are two Greek words defining the word blessed in the New Testament.  They are both worth notice, even though we will be focusing on the latter.  Eulogeo is defined simply as “to speak well…
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He Taught His Climbing Companions

The Beatitudes are impossible to accomplish through our natural tendencies and desires.  They crush us to the ground.  They fly in the face of self-confidence, self-sufficiency, and self-righteousness.   They show us the absolute necessity of…
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