The Upside Down Kingdom: Wisdom for Life from the Beatitudes cover_type:Paperback is a book of origins--origins

is a book of origins--origins of the created order and of sin

A faithful minister

that death is not the end of human life

" Psalm 24:3

and the culture that wars against their souls

The Upside Down Kingdom: Wisdom for Life from the Beatitudes cover_type:Paperback is a book of origins--originsAn Examination of the Beatitudes and Jesus's Counterintuitive Blessings In our sinful world, we often struggle with anxiety, loneliness, and heartache. Everywhere we look, we see broken families and divided communities. How can we truly cultivate God's kingdom "on earth as it is in heaven" in such a broken place? In the Beatitudes (Matthew 5: 2 12), Jesus urges us to set ourselves apart from the world, living in a counterculture with a new identity