Blessed In The Mess: Rethinking Poverty, Power, And The Kingdom Of God

Are the Beatitudes a list of things to do to earn God’s favour or something else entirely? In this first Beatitude, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” Pastor Robyn Elliott suggests that the blessing is found not in poverty itself but in the perspective it offers. With the story of the Good Samaritan playing in the background we see that circumstances are not the condition for blessing, rather circumstances condition us for blessing.