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Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—The Glorious Church"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Glorious Church
(Matthew 5:14-16) -- "Post Tenebras Lux"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Church's Prophetic Voice
(Philippians 2:14-16) -- "A True Light"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Church's Prophetic Voice
(Matthew 5:13) -- "Christians Be Christian, As Salt Is Salty!"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Church in Decline
(Matthew 5:13) -- "Salting the Earth"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Pastor, Culture & Public Duty
(Matthew 16:18) -- "Which Religion Will Last and Why?"
Biblical Reference / Church / World Religions & Worldviews
(Matthew 6:1) -- "Orienting Your Piety: Not before Men"
Biblical Reference / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
(Matthew 6:3) -- "Giving to Impress Oneself"
Biblical Reference / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
(Leviticus 19:35-36) -- "Markets & Morality"
Biblical Reference / Corruption / Greed
(Matthew 6:1) -- "When the Show Must Not Go On"
Biblical Reference / Corruption / Hypocrisy
(Proverbs 10:15) -- "The Perils of Poverty"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Poverty & Wealth
(Proverbs 28:6, 11) -- "Putting Riches in Their Place"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Poverty & Wealth
(Proverbs 7:4-27) -- "The Way of the Adulterer Leads to Death"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Matthew 5:27-29) -- "The Heart Sin of Internet Pornography"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Mark 10:11-12) -- "Biblical Compassion on the Matter of Divorce and Remarriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Hebrews 13:4) -- "The Honorable Institution of Marriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Mark 10:11-12) -- "Biblical Compassion on the Matter of Divorce and Remarriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Divorce
(Hebrews 13:4) -- "The Honorable Institution of Marriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Marriage & Family
(Romans 13:1-4) -- "Healthy Fear"
Biblical Reference / Government / Peace & War
(Matthew 5:38-39) -- "Is the State Required to Turn Its Other Cheek?"
Biblical Reference / Government / Punishment
(Romans 13:1-4) -- "Healthy Fear"
Biblical Reference / Government / Punishment
(Acts 7:54-60a) -- "Courage in the Line of Fire"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Courage
(Proverbs 17:9) -- "The Lost Art of Keeping Friends"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Character
"The Remarkable Claims of Athenagoras" -- [177]
Historical Precedents / Church / The Church's Prophetic Voice
"Humane Religion—Jonathan Blanchard" -- [1811 – 1892]
Historical Precedents / Church / The Glorious Church
"Humane Religion—Jonathan Blanchard" -- [1811 – 1892]
Historical Precedents / Corruption / Prejudice
"Mao versus the Decalogue: The Separation of God and State" -- [1945 - 1976]
Historical Precedents / Government / Church & State
"Hijacking St. Francis of Assisi" -- [c. 1181 – 1226]
Historical Precedents / Government / Environmentalism
"Sin and Grace" -- Theophylact of Ochrid (c. 1050 – after 1109)
Quotations & Writings / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"Blessed are the Warriors?" -- Augustine (354 - 430)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Peace & War
"God-Given Resentment" -- Bishop Joseph Butler (1692 – 1752)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Punishment
"We Genuinely Repent" -- Southern Baptist Convention (1995)
Quotations & Writings / Virtue / Repentance
"Is Godliness Unmanly?"
Current Trends / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
"True Security for the Elderly"
Current Trends / Economics / Poverty & Wealth
"True Security for the Elderly"
Current Trends / Economics / Taxation
KJ Quick-Take: "Why We Should Care about Adultery"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"I Think She's Asleep Now"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"The War Within"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
KJ Quick-Take: "Till Death Us Do Part, or Until I Kill You" -- [2005]
Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
"True Security for the Elderly"
Current Trends / Government / Forms of Government
KJ Quick-Take: "Till Death Us Do Part, or Until I Kill You" -- [2005]
Current Trends / Sanctity of Life / Euthanasia & Suicide