The Beatitudes

With all four of the Mere Fidelity crew on mic, the theological insights fly fast and furious as they take up the discussion of the Beatitudes.

With all four of the Mere Fidelity crew on mic, the theological insights fly fast and furious as they take up the discussion of the Beatitudes. Highlights of this episode include: What is a blessing? What are the two kinds of blessings in the Bible? Why the Beatitudes are different in Matthew and Luke? Do the Beatitudes replace the 10 Commandments? And which authors should you skip to listen to Mere Fidelity instead? The answer to that last one will not surprise you.

The Book (or rather, Books) of the Month is the Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology (12 vols.) from Lexham Press. This major series of new translations of Kuyper’s writings in public theology, marking a historic moment in Kuyper studies, is created in partnership with the Abraham Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute. For the month of February 2021, Mere Fidelity listeners will get a $100 discount on their purchase of this volume with the code MEREFIDELITYFEB21 at checkout.

Timestamps

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The Beautiful Series that Mere Fi Craves
1:25
Email Reviews Mere Fidelity & Augustine
3:39
Taking Up the Beatitudes
4:50
The Biblical Context of Blessing
13:10
Two Kinds of Blessedness
18:11
The Structure of the Blessings and Woes
21:59
Should the Beatitudes be received as a new Law?
35:32
The Equivalent of the Magnificat
39:37
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