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Archive for June 12th, 2009

• Turning Good News into Bad News | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jun 12 2009

  The Gospel of the Kingdom begins with the good news: blessed are the poor in spirit (Matt 5:2).
  In other words,
  We are to be envied and congratulated if we see our spiritual need of the King who teaches us how to:

  Admit our spiritual bankruptcy
  Mourn our wrongs rather than defending ourselves.
  Inherit the earth rather than trying to [...]