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.