Net Gain | Part 5: Blessings and Woes | Luke 6:27-42

"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God."

Jesus' Beatitudes are well known, even to those unfamiliar with the rest of Luke's Gospel. But has our familiarity with these words made it difficult for us to really hear them? What are we to make of the woes that accompany the blessings? And does the meaning of all this change when we listen to Christ's words with a disciple's ear?

References:

Kenneth Bailie, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes 

Quotation by Rowan Williams: "God gives us human beings who make God credible with their lives."