Articles
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12 mins read|08/12/21
The Eighth Beatitude: The Persecution of the Gospel
As long as the church teaches the gospel, it will suffer persecution. -
12 mins read|08/05/21
The Seventh Beatitude: Pax or Hapax?
The title “peacemakers” is not ours except as we tell and retell his peacemaking story. -
12 mins read|07/29/21
The Sixth Beatitude: Makarios in a Crucible?
We are not saved by the success of our refining process. We are saved precisely because our impurities, no matter what the percentage, ruin the whole thing. -
14 mins read|07/22/21
The Fifth Beatitude: The Most Surprising Act of Grace
Jesus did not need a single act of mercy to get him started on the road to mercy, his essence was by nature merciful. -
8 mins read|07/15/21
The Fourth Beatitude: More than Cornucopias for the Hungry
Blessed are we, for we are filled by the cornucopia of Christ’s righteousness. -
11 mins read|07/08/21
The Third Beatitude: The Meek Are Not Pushovers
The only one rightful heir of the kingdom of God, inherits from us, our cross, and descends into the kingdom of the damned.
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Podcasts
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Matthew 5:1-12 – All Saints (A)
On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson talk about the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. We learn how these characteristics of the Christian aren't virtues to be conjured by hard work and devotion, but are descriptions of what happens to the Christian once faith in the promise has been given. -
Matthew 5:1-12 – Epiphany 4 (A)
In this episode of Preaching the Text, we discuss the beatitudes – what Luther once described as the devil's favorite text of scripture to distort.
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