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Teaching Matthew: Unlocking the Gospel of Matthew for the Expositor is unavailable, but you can change that!

Matthew’s Gospel is a substantial book to consider teaching through as a whole. With large teaching excurses and expansive theological reflection seeming to predominate over the action of the story, it may seem daunting to the preacher, compared to the relative brevity and flowing action of Mark. But precisely because there are such rich seams of theology, and so much teaching from...

THE KING’S PEOPLE MATTHEW 5:1–12 1. They have nothing, yet gain everything Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (5:3) If only we could capture the significance of these words, as if we had never heard them before. Our problem, however, is not just over-familiarity but the danger of profound misunderstanding. In our English translations, it sounds as though Jesus is laying down the entrance requirements for the kingdom: this is what you have to do to acquire your citizenship.
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