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"The Blessed Life No One Talks About" by Hiram Kemp
August 2, 2026 - Sunday AM Sermon
This episode is a sermon-style exploration of Matthew 5:3–12, the opening Beatitudes of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Hiram contrasts modern attempts to define the “good life” (citing thinkers such as Dr. Jonathan Haidt and ancient philosophers) with Jesus’ countercultural announcement of what it means to be truly blessed: poverty of spirit, mourning over sin, meekness, hungering and thirsting for righteousness, mercy, purity of heart, peacemaking, and even rejoicing in persecution.
Using cross-references from Psalm, Isaiah, Augustine, and New Testament…
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