The Beatitudes In Poems reflects the message of Jesus Christ from His Sermon on the Mount found in the Bible in the Book of Matthew. These poems will inspire their listeners through greater meaning and understanding of the Beatitudes. They describe how the human heart should be and how man should live his life.

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AUTHOR/NARRATOR
Ronald E. Hignite was born in North Carolina and grew up in Connersville, Indiana. He returned to North Carolina with his family after high school and attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. There he earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Following college, he taught English at Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia. After two years in Fork Union, he moved back to northeastern North Carolina here he spent most of his educational career in the towns of Washington, Camden, Murfreesboro, and Ahoskie. His interest in writing poetry was sparked while in college with his readings of the English poets, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.

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