Blessed Are the Merciful?
by Bill Gaultiere | Mar 11, 2022 | The Beatitudes
Following Dallas Willard’s line of thinking in The Divine Conspiracy, we don’t believe Jesus is saying, “Be merciful and you will be blessed.” Rather, his idea is, “As a tender-hearted person you get stepped on and burdened by people’s pain, yet the Father of mercies...Recent Posts
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