Thoughts on the Beatitudes, Part 8a: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
As a young boy I generally and genuinely enjoyed going to church and Sunday school. Besides being attracted to the weekly Scripture readings, I was also fascinated by some of the illustrations of theological, anthropological, and soteriological issues as the catechistic materials presented them (OK, that’s not exactly how I thought about it at the age of 8, but you get the point). One of my favorites was the milk bottle picture: clear and white to signify being in a “state of grace”; a number of x marks to show someone exhibiting a variety of ongoing sins; fully darkened as a representation of the person deeply engaged in more serious offenses.
Jon Wilson
February 2, 2018 7:43 pmThat’s me, bro, a coattail believer! Thanks for that image!