Tag: Matthew’s Gospel
January 18th: Genesis 18 and Matthew 16:13-20
Theopolis Podcast: Introduction (The Genealogies of Scripture)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers, and I start a new series, on the genealogies of the Bible.
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January 6th: Genesis 6 and Matthew 2:1-12
He Bore Our Diseases (Matthew 8)
Jesus performs the first of a cycle of miracles, healings, and deliverances, demonstrating his authority and increasing the fame of his ministry. He touches a leper, heals a centurion’s servant, heals Peter’s mother-in-law, calms the storm, and casts out demons into pigs.
Judging, Seeking, and Building (Matthew 7)
Jesus teaches his disciples concerning judgment, the Golden Rule, and warns them about hypocrisy and false teachers in the concluding part of the Sermon on the Mount.
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Almsgiving, God’s Giving, Forgiving, Thanksgiving (Matthew 6)
Jesus presents the form of religious practice that should characterize his disciples.
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Not To Abolish But To Fulfil (Matthew 5:17-48)
Jesus teaches concerning the fulfilment of the Law in the Sermon on the Mount.
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The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-16)
At the beginning of the first great sermon of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus identifies the blessed of the kingdom of heaven, presenting himself as the one bringing the good news foretold by Isaiah the prophet.
Led Up Into the Wilderness (Matthew 4)
Jesus is tempted in the wilderness and calls his first disciples.
