TY - BOOK AU - Lee,Cameron TI - Unexpected blessing: living the countercultural reality of the Beatitudes SN - 0830832467 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BT382 .L44 2004 U1 - 241.5/3 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Beatitudes KW - Christian life KW - Biblical teaching N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003027946.html ER -