For a Study Guide for Next Week (Chapters 17-21) look after the Sermon. The Gospel According to Matthew III, Chapters 8-16 Study Guide for 8-16 “Now when Jesus has finished saying these things” (7:28). Matthew is so symmetrical in his telling of the story. He alternates between discourse and action, and usually cues one or the […]
Hungry and Thirsty
Study Guide for next week’s readings in Matthew (Chapts 8-16) follow the sermon. The Gospel According to Matthew: Chapts 5-7 Study Guide for Chapters 5-7 The Beatitudes: “Poetry and symmetry are not the least marks of Matthew’s nine Beatitudes, organized into two stanzas of four each, with the ninth in a somewhat different form […]
Blessed Are You
4th Sunday after Epiphany January 30, 2011 Matthew 5:1-12 This may be one of the most familiar Bible passages of all time. It’s right up there with the 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer. Remember the rules about narratives, and looking at the first thing the hero has to say? Well, this is Jesus first […]