The Beatitudes are some of the best known of Jesus teachings. But too often they are thought to be a matter of simple common sense. Popular author John Cox brings his open and accessible approach to the challenging nature of these short sayings revealing them as among the most radical of what Jesus had to say.
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nThis five week course for individual or group study, explores the context of ideas in the Beatitudes, the insights that differing translations bring to them, and how they continue to challenge us in our world today including our attitude to possessions, to loss and forgiveness, to judgement and salvation. Ideal for all of us during Lent.