How might a young student be inspired by the sermon on the Mount? Refusing to be intimidated by the challenges implicit in reading the gospel, Everyday Conversations with Matthew brings the situations of ordinary readers into conversation with the scholarship to help make the text accessible and practically useful in specific instances.

John Holdsworth

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Everyday Conversations with Matthew

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Starting a Conversation

1 Painting Jesus by Numbers

2 Jesus the Radical

3 Jesus and his Followers

4 Jesus and Disappointment

5 Jesus and Peter

6 Jesus: The End of the Beginning

7 Jesus: The Beginning of the End

8 Ends and Beginnings

Reading List

Bible References Index

\- A new 'conversational' approach to understanding one of the most familiar yet possibly the most inaccessible of the gospels - Bringing the perspective of everyday people into conversation with the insights of theologians and biblical scholars - Useful as a primer offering a fresh perspective for those embarking on study or as a resource for lay theological training

How might a young student be inspired by the sermon on the Mount? How can environmentalists, anxious for the future of the world, connect with Matthew's concerns about the End?

  


Refusing to be intimidated by the challenges implicit in reading the gospel, Everyday Conversations with Matthew brings the situations of ordinary readers into conversation with the scholarship to help make the text accessible and practically or pastorally useful in specific instances. 

  


 These everyday conversations are predicated on a belief that connections are possible; that there are ways of seeing the pastoral or practical usefulness of the text, and, ultimately that there is some point in reading, preaching and teaching from Matthew's gospel.

"This small paperback is attractively presented and contains a wealth of background information as well as an impressive depth of theological understanding..for an easy to read and scholarly reflection on the contents of Matthew's gospel this book is to be recommended."

Acknowledgements Introduction: Starting a Conversation 1. Painting Jesus by Numbers 2. Jesus the Radical 3. Jesus and his Followers 4. Jesus and Disappointment 5. Jesus and Peter 6. Jesus: The End of the Beginning 7. Jesus: The Beginning of the End 8. Ends and Beginnings Reading List Bible References Index

\["Want to read the book of Matthew with greater insight? ","This book helps you connect the Gospel different aspects of life ","A great resource for building up your preaching or Christian conversations "\]

Showing the Gospel's ability to bring insight and wisdom into a broad range of subjects, Everyday Matthew uses the titular book as a lens for a wide berth of fields.

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