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God with Us: A Pastoral Theology of Matthew’s Gospel is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this creative approach, Mark Allan Powell inquires into the thrust of Matthew’s Gospel in categories related to pastoral theology rather than systematic theology. Fresh insights are gained into the intentions of the evangelist. Included are chapters on Matthew’s understanding of: • Mission • Stewardship • Worship • Social justice • Teaching

of the mission of Jesus, conducted by the one who now sits at the right hand of God (26:64). Thus, Jesus can tell his emissaries, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me” (10:40a). In another sense, both the mission of Jesus and that of the church may be construed as two phases of what is actually the mission of God. Jesus goes on to say, “Whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me” (10:40b). Our central thesis, then, is that the mission of the church is, for Matthew, a continuation of what God has
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