Professor Davies here discusses the Sermon in five settings: in the setting of how Matthew intended it to be understood; in the setting of Jewish Messianic expectation; in the setting of contemporary Judaism; in the setting of the early ...
for " narrow " and " straitened " seem to militate against the second view . ... Its meaning is : narrow , strait . ... See the Chapter on that passage which also states the reason why these are called blessed , i . e . , why it is 214 ...
His compelling, devotional-style writing brings the words of Jesus to life, and he shows readers how to put these teachings to work in their own lives. An unforgettable book for the lay reader and pastor alike.
Hilarion Alfeyev devotes the entire second volume of the series Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching to an exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, drawing upon the tradition of the Orthodox Church, patristic exegesis, and modern biblical ...
Jesus' Moral Values R. Davis. public schools and in the business world. The Gospel may be all right for old ladies and little children who don't know any better; but how can intelligent, educated, twenty-first century American adults ...
Part of the Preaching the Word series.
Annotation. A theological attempt to explore some of the ways in which perfection can be achieved.
The Sermon on the Mount: An Evangelical Exposition of Matthew 5-7
John Wesley wrote this series of sermon commentaries to help people understand Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. It took him over 15 years to complete this important work.
Here is an addition to the Boice commentaries that has a unique focus. Instead of examining an entire book of the Bible, it provides readers with an in-depth look into Matthew 5-7, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
What did Jesus teach? Distilled from years of study and lecture, affirmed by nearly a million readers over the last fifty years, Emmet Fox's answer in The Sermon on the Mount is simple.
In these Bible studies, Gladys Hunt looks at the Sermon on the Mount, showing how Jesus' message encapsulates all of New Testament teaching on how to live the Christian life.
Saint Augustine once described the Sermon on the Mount as "the perfect measure of the Christian life.
Too often the Sermon on the Mount has been interpreted as though it were a book itself rather than a portion of a book. Dale Allison insists on the contrary...
In The Sermon on the Mount, Clifford Yeary challenges us to hear the sermon once again as Christ intended it, as our call to follow him whose life illustrated its every ideal.
The Sermon on the Mount: The Modern Quest for Its Meaning
The Sermon on the Mount: A History of Interpretation and Bibliography
In The Sermon on the Mount, Clifford Yeary challenges us to hear the sermon once again as Christ intended it, as our call to follow him whose life illustrated its every ideal.
Study guide designed to accompany a Bible study course on the Sermon on the mount.
The Sermon on the Mount continues to attract persons of different backgrounds and traditions. There is general agreement that the Sermon offers a compendium of the teachings of Jesus, and...