No one could possibly claim that the Beatitudes (see Matthew 5:1-12)
are overlooked or underappreciated. They have been the subject of
countless books and sermon series. But this is not to say that the
Beatitudes have been widely understood and properly taught. As often as
not they have suffered from moralization, reduced to the level of the
fortune cookie and with all the spiritual power of a fortune cookie.
In Crucifying Morality, R.W.
Glenn takes a new look at the Beatitudes saying, Maybe you “were taught
that the Beatitudes were the highest form of morality that anyone could
live by, and you know now how impossible they are. Or maybe you
experienced the flannelgraph version of the Beatitudes.” If that is the
case, “maybe it is time to get unfamiliar. Maybe you need to read these
verses with fresh eyes for the first time. Whatever your exposure to the
Beatitudes has been, you probably think of them as less powerful and
captivating and helpful than they are. Take a step back to see how
breathtakingly radical their real message is.”
The fact is that: Continue at Tim Challies
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