R. Kent Hughes.

You might attend church regularty, go to a weekly Bible study, work on the fellowship committee, and have a wide circle of Christian friends. But if you haven't given up living on your own strength, if you're still liv ing as if the power and promises of Christ de not exist, then a spiritual evaluation is in order. You might be one of the many who call themselves Christians but haven't been bom again,

Fortunately, there is an acid test. A description of what the heart and life of a true child of God looks like. It's found in The Beatitudes-Christ's words to a hillside crowd during the Sermon on the Mount. Penetrating all that was super ficial and selfish about the way people lived their faith, Jesus got to the heart of Christianity with these challenges to godliness in Matthew 5.

Pastor-author Kent Hughes examines each of The Beatitudes in-depth, using them to call believers to a deeper, more authentic life in Christ. When true Christians strive to attain these "Beautiful Attitudes," and rely on God's power to do so, they become godly powerhouses-serving as salt and beacons of light In a decaying, darkening world.

What's the state of your heart? Take the acid test of true righteousness and allow the Savior to make your life a true reflection of His.