Living Differently to Make a Difference: The Beatitudes and Countercultural Lifestyle

by Will Donaldson

Publisher:

Bible Reading Fellowship

, 2018

Overview

Few would doubt that we live in a wounded and broken world. But God has sent a Saviour, Jesus Christ, who calls us, in the beatitudes, to live an authentic, countercultural lifestyle. By being different we can make a difference, becoming the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Through living the beatitudes, we could make the world a better place.

Key Features

• Offers a clear, deep and practical guide to living the beatitudes for every disciple
• Focuses on understanding the text and on living in this way as a disciple and as part of the church
• Invites readers to center their lives around the call of Jesus to discipleship in the beatitudes

Contents

• Introduction: unhealthy lifestyles
• Living with genuine humility (Matthew 5:3)
• Living with heartfelt sadness (Matthew 5:4)
• Living with gentle strength (Matthew 5:5)
• Living with driving passion (Matthew 5:6)
• Living with healing grace (Matthew 5:7)
• Living with holy integrity (Matthew 5:8)
• Living with reconciliatory love (Matthew 5:9)
• Living with undaunted courage (Matthew 5:10)
• The salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13)
• The light of the world (Matthew 5:14–16
• Conclusion: the face behind the beatitudes

Product Details

• Title: Living Differently to Make a Difference:The Beatitudes and Countercultural Lifestyle
• Author: Will Donaldson
• Publisher: Bible Reading Fellowship
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780857466716, 0857466712
• Resource ID: LLS:LVNGDFFRNLFSTYL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-03T07:15:14Z

About Will Donaldson

Will Donaldson is Chaplain and Senior Welfare Officer of St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. He is also Area Dean of Oxford and Director of Pastoral Care at St Aldates Church. Previously, he served in parish ministry for 25 years. He is the author of Word and Spirit (BRF, 2011).