Just thinking about the beatitudes brings back memories of my mother and our family meals, especially on Sundays. Born the middle child of nine, we each sat around the table eager to share our meal whether breakfast or dinner. However, our mother had one rule, not one morsel of bread until we each had said our grace. That meant reciting at least one of the beatitudes. Sometimes to help speed the process along, we'd look for the shortest verse, like "Jesus wept." But in most cases it was always special to cite one of the beautitudes. It showed a certain "refinement ...

Many would like to make the subject of the resurrection a matter of the nature of the resurrection body only. While it is valid to address and identify the nature of the resurrection body, it is also valid to address Preterism's timing of the resurrection in eschatology if futurists and other rapture ready advocates expect to build a convincing case. "When Shall These Things Be" edited by Keith A. Mathison a book that sought to address the major issues of the preterit view with the hope of convincingly refuting them, Robert Strimple had these comments on the issue of time and resurrection. "Obviously an orthodox Christian response to hyper-preterism ...