Jul 22
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blender added a text contribution Beatitudes - what's the connection?I've often had a really difficult time with Jesus' teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. It seems like a statement of the law without the freedom that seems to course through the rest of the New Testament. I'm learning, though, that the beatitudes are key in providing a platform for the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. It seems to be crucial that this passage precede that of the rest of the teaching. In the beatitudes we find the blessing of wholeness. This is a similar "bless… Read more »