930 Kingdom Values - Suffering For What Matters

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of persecution in the context of the Beatitudes and emphasizes the strength and openness of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Closing message in our series recentering on the Beatitudes. This week, we sit with the question: What is persecution in our actual context? The Kingdom of Heaven is not fragile. The kingdom of God will not be defeated. The kingdom is still open to all. “There’s trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests—look how many scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your task is to be true, not popular." Luke 6:26 (the Message)

Topics covered

• persecution
• Beatitudes
• Kingdom of Heaven
• approval of others

Keywords

• suffering
• truth
• popularity
• Christian values

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: recentering on the Beatitudes

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