YOU'VE READ THE BEATITUDES BEFORE.

 YOU'VE NEVER WALKED THEM. 

Most of us have read the Beatitudes so many times that they can begin to feel familiar—eight beautiful sayings tucked into the opening of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

But what if they aren't eight separate sayings at all?

What if Jesus was laying out a pathway?

EIGHT STEPS. ONE JOURNEY. 

In The Guest List, pastor and evangelist Rock Pifer takes you on a journey through the Beatitudes—not as isolated lessons, but as eight steps that build upon one another. Each step prepares you for the next, drawing you deeper into the life Jesus describes as the Kingdom of God.

The journey begins with a place none of us wants to admit we're in: poor in spirit, empty-handed and aware of our desperate need for God. From there, Jesus leads us through mourning, meekness, hunger for righteousness, mercy, purity of heart, peacemaking, and finally persecution. 

REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES. 

It's a journey filled with real people and real stories:

• a wild-haired stranger asking for gas money

• a stolen wallet confessed twenty years too late

• a chair at the front of a small-town church

• a woman learning to forgive

• a woodshed

• and a confrontation on a dark road called Bark Shanty

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rock Pifer spent decades pastoring and preaching in rural Pennsylvania. He writes from experience, not from an ivory tower—plainly, honestly, and often with a touch of humor.

 GO DEEPER - STUDY GUIDE

The Guest List Study Guide takes the journey further, helping individuals and small groups explore the eight Beatitudes as a connected pathway of transformation.

From recognizing our spiritual poverty to mourning over sin, yielding ourselves to Christ, hungering for righteousness, giving mercy, pursuing purity, making peace, and standing firm under persecution, the Study Guide invites you to walk the journey together.

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