Download or read book Eight Principles for Happiness: The Beatitudes of Jesus for Today written by Carl Shank and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeper and richer look into the eight beatitudes of Jesus recorded in Matthew 5. These beatitudes grant us a view of genuine and lasting happiness, the "good life," as one writer has said. Jesus understands the negatives of life, but his concern is to cheer us and tell what real happiness is all about. That is the approach of this study.