Those Who Mourn
March 17, 2024 Speaker: Drew Bennett Series: The Beatitudes: Kingdom People
Passage: Matthew 5:1-4, Matthew 5:13-16
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Outline
Hook: Are you happy enough to be a crier?
I. HAPPY SADNESS
“Finite sorrows fertilize the soul’s soil so that the plant of infinite joy can grow.” – Peter Kreeft
II. THE DEADLY SIN OF ENVY
“Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody as unsuccessful as you are.” – Frederick Beuchner
III. STREAMS IN THE DESERT
"Our troubles are the dark chariots of bright grace.” – l.B. Cowman
Takeaway: "We will share the sufferings of others rather than avoid them." - Eugene Peterson
Resources
- Rebecca DeYoung, Glittering Vices
- Joseph Epstein, Envy
- Peter Kreeft, Back to Virtue
- Jonathan Pennington, The Sermon on the Mount & Human Flourishing
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