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Matthew’s style, we are told, was to pull together in an orderly fashion the teachings of Jesus on a common theme, and then package them tightly and present them to us. Sherman offers twenty–three chapters on Matthew’s gospel, expounding on themes such as Responding to Temptation, How to Pray, Following Jesus, Suffering Servant and A Directive for Mission. Sherman offers sixteen chapters on Mark,...

II. God’s Clear Voice, 3:5–10 Three powerful ideas came out of John’s preaching: (1) Repent. “Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins” (3:5–6). Preaching about repentance is not popular these days. We consider the Ten Commandments optional, but we take seriously “Thou shalt not judge.” If you preach “Thou shalt not judge,” you buy a little space for your own sins.
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