Post The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes - Kurt Vonnegut

For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that?s Moses, not Jesus. I haven?t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.

"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

He's got a point - while we need to be quick to point out our common transgression of God's law, don't we also need to point to Jesus' description of kingdom-living in a way that encourages and challenges us, too.