Blessed Living: The Gifts of the Beatitudes
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The Beatitudes are gifts to the church to share with the world. Yet, some Christians either do not know them or hesitate to practice them. This book asks, are such teachings relevant today? Would they work if we tried them? Can they make any real difference in the world?
We must try to keep these goals for living in the world. Do we live in a world of righteousness, justice, and peace? Has seeking secular authority helped the church remake the world?
Blessed Living is a book that compares the way of Jesus to how Christians tend to present ourselves to the world. It attempts to draw conclusions about how we should live out the faith in the world. This book demonstrates how the New Testament reflects the Beatitudes and makes comparisons to familiar stories from the Old Testament for mourners, those seeking justice, and mercy.
Blessed Living is designed for individual seekers, believers, and small discussion groups. It is recommended for people who look for a better way.
This is a Logos Reader Edition. Learn more.
- Examines the relevance and practicality of the Beatitudes for contemporary Christians
- Compares Jesus’s teachings on living to how Christians often present themselves to the world
- Demonstrates how the New Testament reflects the Beatitudes and draws comparisons to Old Testament stories
Retelling ancient stories is no easy task, but Jones does so with insight and grace, grounded in common sense, weaving together concern for others, the world, and for God.
——Joerg Rieger, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Vanderbilt University
In this powerfully written book, each of Jesus’s beatitudes is unfolded in a sparklingly fresh essay by C. Don Jones. Each essay kindles the imagination for how the beatitude at hand connects to this moment and to our lives. Taken together, these essays portray a way of living that can truly be called ‘blessed.’ This book is a treasure, a source of insight and nourishment for all Christians and a stimulation for preachers of the beatitudes.
——Thomas G. Long, Professor Emeritus of Preaching, Candler School of Theology
In Blessed Living, Rev. C. Don Jones discusses how the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 and Luke 6 frame Jesus’s unique approach to life. Jones’s thought-provoking applications of Jesus’s Beatitudes to the twenty-first-century world is both challenging and inspiring.
——Debra Wallace-Padgett, Resident Bishop, Holston and West Virginia Conferences of the United Methodist Church
- Title: Blessed Living: The Gifts of the Beatitudes
- Author: Don Jones
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 120
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9798385246014, 9798385245994, 9798385246007
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385246014
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-07-24T20:24:38Z