Biblical living - answering medically unexplained symptoms

The first beatitudes focus more on a person's sense of neediness: poor in spirit, mourning, meek, hungering and thirsting - someone needing salvation. The the focus now seems to turn to the attitude or disposition of a Christian: blessed are the merciful, and blessed are the pure in heart

In our look at the beatitudes we've seen that these statements are paradoxes. They take two items that shouldn't go together, and then surprise us by combining them. We don't expect those who are poor, to gain all the riches of a kingdom. We don't expect those who are mourning…

The greatest sermon ever preached opens with nine statements of blessing. Blessed are the poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, the pursuers of righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, the persecuted and the reviled. They have been named after the Latin word "beatus" which means happy…

If all we knew was God's greatness, we might fear and reverence Him, but it might be nothing but dread. God's greatness exists fully with His goodness. God is a God of holiness, of righteousness, of justice, and of sovereign authority, and He is a God of mercy, patience, long-suffering,…

If ever we are to have children who go on to love God wholeheartedly, it will not only be because of our instructions, our actions, our routines and our rituals. It will be very much because of how we portray God's authority and God's grace. The best place to see…