The Beatitudes contain some of Jesus’ best known teaching. And they may also be some of the more confusing. How are the poor in spirit blessed? Or those who mourn? Or those who are persecuted? Matthew’s version of the beatitudes, compared to Luke’s, is sometimes presented as spiritualizing Luke’s more down to earth words. People […]
Category: Spirituality
What Are You Looking For?
Occasionally in the Bible, people say odd things. I don’t necessarily mean theologically challenging things, although there’s plenty of that. I mean things that don’t make sense. For example, this passage in the Gospel of John. When we come across something odd in scripture, it’s an invitation to stay with it for a bit. The […]
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