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Taking Jesus at his word : what Jesus really said in the Sermon on the mount /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©2012.Description: x, 166 pages. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780802866912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802866913 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.906 H325T
LOC classification:
  • BT380.3 .H37 2012
  • BT380.3 .H37 2012
Contents:
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.
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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.

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