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Stanley Hauerwas’ commentary on Matthew is not your typical commentary. Though most commentators approach a book for its theological aspects, Hauerwas’ Matthew focuses on the “how-to” of becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ. With the use of current Matthean scholarship and the wisdom of various scholars and theologians, including Augustine, Barth, and Bonhoeffer, Hauerwas is able to address...

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” We dare not miss the ominous resonance of this “then.” With “then,” Matthew gestures to the mystery of the incarnation. The Father willingly wills the Son to be subject to time, to be subject to our flesh, to be subject to the devil. Jesus, the Son of God, is led by the Spirit into the wilderness and abandoned to the “tempter.” This “then,” therefore, anticipates the agony of the cross and the cry,
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