Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Blessed are the Pure in Heart Matthew 5:8 When I was a boy and my mother called me to the table for a meal there was a requirement that I had to wash my hands before I could sit at the table and eat.  It didn’t have anything to do with religion.  It was good hygiene....
Blessed Are the Merciful

Blessed Are the Merciful

Matthew 5:7 In 1943, 21-year-old Charlie Brown was flying his first mission over Nazi Germany.  He was part of a 500-bomber formation headed to bomb an airplane factory in Bremen, Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKQvmT3Xhs (Ibid) During the raid, Brown’s...
Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Matthew 5:6 What motivates you when you get up in the morning? Without a cup of coffee or two, some of you poor addicted souls aren’t motivated to do anything. Thankfully, with today’s technology you can prepare your coffee the night before so the smell can pull you...
Blessed Are the Meek

Blessed Are the Meek

Matthew 5:5 February 19,  2017 Last October when Tina and I stayed on an Amish farm, I spoke with Amish farmer Enos Smith about his horses. He farms with Percheron horses and he has two teams which he uses to pull his plows, wagons, and other farm equipment. Over the...
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

February 12, 2017 Matthew 5:4 Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the late 1800’s. In one of her poems she tried to capture what it must be like to be a person that cannot feel joy, love, hope, fear, grief, surprise, or even sadness. Of course, this...
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit — Uncommon Sense for Living

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit — Uncommon Sense for Living

Matthew 5:3 Years ago, I led a mission team to Liberia.  Our mission was to restore the water supply at Ricks Institute begin, a Baptist school located 16 miles outside the capital of Monrovia.  After 15 years of having no running water at the school, we wanted the...