About this episode

Dr. McGee discusses the beatitudes and our motivation to bring glory to God.

Dr. McGee reminds us that “our motivation in this lost world is to bring glory to God!” As to how to do that, Jesus walks us through “the beatitudes”—goals for living that we must rely on God to accomplish in and through us.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Topics covered

• beatitudes
• Christian living
• glory to God
• motivation
• spirituality

Keywords

• Matthew 5
• Christianity
• spiritual goals
• religion
• Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: the beatitudes

Places: God

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