Unexpected blessing : living the countercultural reality of the Beatitudes /
Lee, Cameron.
Unexpected blessing : living the countercultural reality of the Beatitudes / Cameron Lee. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2004. - 211 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-211).
Blessing is not the same as happiness -- My kingdom is not of this world -- Poverty and meekness versus the gospel of self-reliance -- Mourning versus the temptation to self-deception -- Hunger for righteousness versus the habits of self-indulgence -- Mercy versus the rationalizations of self-interest -- Purity of heart versus the idolatry of self-absorption -- Peace-making versus the violence of self-righteousness -- Persecution : the price of challenging the status quo.
0830832467 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2003027946
Beatitudes.
Christian life--Biblical teaching.
BT382 / .L44 2004
241.5/3
Unexpected blessing : living the countercultural reality of the Beatitudes / Cameron Lee. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2004. - 211 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-211).
Blessing is not the same as happiness -- My kingdom is not of this world -- Poverty and meekness versus the gospel of self-reliance -- Mourning versus the temptation to self-deception -- Hunger for righteousness versus the habits of self-indulgence -- Mercy versus the rationalizations of self-interest -- Purity of heart versus the idolatry of self-absorption -- Peace-making versus the violence of self-righteousness -- Persecution : the price of challenging the status quo.
0830832467 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2003027946
Beatitudes.
Christian life--Biblical teaching.
BT382 / .L44 2004
241.5/3