Reasonable Theology Podcast The Upside Down Kingdom of Christ's Beatitudes | Ep. 76
"Blessed are the poor in spirt…blessed are those who mourn…blessed are the meek..."
Christ’s beatitudes in Matthew 5 present a means of obtaining joy and blessedness in this life that is drastically different than what our culture presents as the pathway to success and fulfillment.
Yet in the beatitudes we will find great wisdom and practical answers for how Christians are to live in this world and how we are best able to cultivate God’s kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven.”
On this episode I speak with Pastor Chris Castaldo about his latest book, The Upside Down Kingdom: Wisdom for Life from the Beatitudes.
We discuss how these counter-intuitive principles from Jesus truly are the best way to navigate our fallen world, how some believers misunderstand and wrongly reject calls to be meek peacemakers in our contentious culture, what it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness, and how the beatitudes can help us to live well in a world increasingly hostile to the things of God.
You’ll find the show notes for this episode at ReasonableTheology.org/Kingdom where you can find more resources to dive deeper into this topic.
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