Taking Jesus at his word : what Jesus really said in the Sermon on the mount / Addison Hodges Hart.
Publication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2012.Description: x, 166 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780802866912 (paperback)
- 0802866913
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BT380.3 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | J01038279 |
Includes questions for discussion and reflection.
Includes bibliographical references.
Coming back to the Sermon on the mount -- Setting the context of the sermon -- What Jesus' beatitudes mean for our discipleship -- The kingdom of God and the law of Moses : what is meant by "righteousness"? -- What Jesus says about lust, anger, and inconstancy -- What Jesus says about word-breaking, retaliation, and hatred -- Our secret lives of righteousness -- The practice of almsgiving -- The practice of prayer -- The practice of fasting -- Riches, righteousness, and anxiety -- "Judge not!" -- Dogs and holy things and pigs and pearls -- Prayer and the Golden Rule -- The parting of the ways -- The sermon that has no end -- Questions for discussion and reflection -- Appendix 1. Talking sense about the words of Jesus -- Appendix 2. The role of judgment in Matthew's Gospel.
Blessed are the poor in spirit. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. You cannot serve God and mammon. Judge not, that you be not judged. Though such sayings from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount are very familiar, many people -- including Christians! -- struggle to fully understand and follow them. For those who are brave enough to reconsider what Jesus really said, Addison Hodges Hart offers Taking Jesus at His Word.
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