I've been doing brief devotionals this week from my book: What on Earth? for Red Letter Christians Wake Up. BTW, if you've read the book, I'd sure appreciate you writing a review on Amazon. It's quick and easy. Be honest. If it’s not your cup of tea or you disagree with its theme, feel free …
5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 10 & 11 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
https://videopress.com/v/MoZ5gkF3?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: Chapters 10 & 11 of WHAT ON EARTH? / The Groan of the Godly & The Collective “Ouch!” Explain how the first Beatitude leads to the second.We contend that tears shed in grief, uncertainty, confusion, and fear can be “good tears.” Agree or disagree? Why?Where else in …
5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 9 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: Chapter 9 of WHAT ON EARTH? / "Blessed are the Broken" • Merton says, “humility alone can destroy the self-centeredness that makes joy impossible.” How does that work? • “To a social order that worships strength and decries weakness, where the rich and famous loom over the poor …
5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 8 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for:Chapter 8 of WHAT ON EARTH? / The Utterly Upside-Down Attitudes We contend that there is an “intentional sequence” of Beatitudes. Do you agree? In which of the Beatitudes do you see “vulnerability”?“Since most of their legislative decisions have moral implications, we must, in good conscience, support those candidates …
Upside Down Attitudes
These Beatitude Attitudes are so contrary to the conventions of our culture that anyone who possesses them will be branded a freak. Rife with paradox, Jesus’ way catches us off guard. He suggests, for instance, that the wealthy are poor and the poor are wealthy. Winners lose while losers end up winning. Conventional wisdom suggests …
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