Crucifying Morality by R.W. Glenn, Shepherd Press, 2013, 128 pages. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Beatitudes? For me, it's the Sunday school lesson "Be this Attitude". Therefore, all good little Christian boys and girls need to try really hard to be like this. Right? Author and pastor R.W. Glenn would heartily disagree with that assessment. In Crucifying Morality , the Beatitudes are not presented as a list of dos and dont's but as a gospel litmus test. They "presuppose that you have turned from your sin and self-righteousness to trust in Jesus as the one who lived the life you could never live and died the death you deserved to die and now gives you the benefit of that life and death as a free gift." (pg. 17) Thus the Christian realizes he cannot trust in his own righteousness, effort, or morality to please God. Jesus had to crucify those very things on the cross. But in exchange, the Christian can now experience w...