Paradox People: Learning to Live the Beatitudes

Learn how to engage with cultural issues in a deeply countercultural way. When we embrace the paradoxical character preached by Jesus in the Beatitudes, we experience rich and surprising blessing.

160 pages.

"Once again, Jonathan Landry Cruse has written a gem of a book, aptly entitled Paradox People, because Jesus's followers live a lifelong paradox: They look poor but are rich; they appear forsaken but are loved by God; they seem to be overlooked, but their names are written in an everlasting book of life. What the late Philip E. Hughes said about the epistle to the Hebrews is also an apt description of this book: It is "a tonic for the spiritually debilitated," even for those who do not realize that they are debilitated. Take and read."
-T. David Gordon, Author, Choose Better

"The Beatitudes offer a vital roadmap for Christian living, one that has never been more needed than at the present time. The paradoxical virtues of Christ's kingdom, to which the promise of blessedness is attached, are increasingly incomprehensible to a culture that loves power, prestige, personal success. With wit, clarity, and depth, Jonathan Landry Cruse's exposition provides a sure guide to the blessed life that Christ offers. May God bless this book and make of it an instrument to quench the soul-thirst of his people."
-David Strain, Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi

"The Christian life is full of unexpected turns. The shape of the gospel-redemption through a crucified Savior-proves that blessing often lies in those unexpected and even paradoxical places. Jonathan Landry Cruse pulls on those paradoxes to show how the humble characteristics enjoined upon us in the Beatitudes are a surprisingly sure course to the blessed life. If you want a gospel-saturated guide through Christ's famous blueprint for Christian character, rest assured you'll find it in Cruse's excellent expositions."
-Harrison Perkins, Pastor, Oakland Hills Community Church, Farmington Hills, Michigan