Meeting God in Matthew

"Meeting God in Matthew "is an accessible introduction to Matthewss gospel, full of fresh insight from Elaine Storkey, one of our best-loved theologians and Christian communicators, and a brilliant Lent book for 2023.

Whether you are completely new to Matthews Gospel or have read it many times before, "Meeting God in Matthew "will help you see the First Gospel with fresh eyes and better understand its essential meaning and purpose.
In this little book one of the worlds most widely respected theologians, Elaine Storkey, offers an accessible introduction to the main message of Matthews Gospel. Highly readable, it is packed full of many compelling observations about the personality and impact of Jesus both in the first century and today.
Exploring what the Gospel of Matthew teaches us about the revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ, "Meeting God in Matthew "is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the gospel message better. It will leave you with a new appreciation of and enthusiasm for the riches of Matthews writing, and the desire to return to it over and over again. Its straightforward, enlightening approach also means it is brilliantly helpful for new Christians just beginning on their faith journey.
Each chapter includes discussion questions and reflection, making "Meeting God in Matthew" a perfect book for Bible study both for individuals and small groups. With a focus on the Passion narrative in Matthews Gospel, it is also ideal for use as a Lent devotional for 2023.
Simple yet profound, "Meeting God in Matthew "is an invitation to anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the Gospel of Matthew and through it to meet the God that is revealed in Jesus Christ.

Autorentext

Elaine Storkey is a philosopher, sociologist and theologian, having held posts at the Open University, King's College, London, and the University of Oxford. In 1997 she became President of Tearfund, and has since been involved in monitoring aid, relief and advocacy work in countries of the Global South. In 2010 she and her husband Alan became founder members of Restored, an organisation committed to advocating against violence to women. Her writings include The Search for Intimacy (Hodder/Eerdmans, 1994) and The Origins of Difference (Baker, 2002). Her last book, Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and overcoming violence against women (SPCK, 2015/IVP USA, 2018), won the Christianity Today 2019 Book of the Year Award, Politics and Public Life.

Klappentext

Whether you are completely new to Matthew's Gospel or have read it many times before, Meeting God in Matthew will help you see the First Gospel with fresh eyes and better understand its essential meaning and purpose. Elaine Storkey, one of the world's most widely respected theologians and author of Women in a Patriarchal World and Scars Across Humanity, offers an accessible introduction to the main message of Matthew's Gospel. Powerful and absorbing, it is packed full of many compelling observations about the personality and impact of Jesus both in the first century and today. Meeting God in Matthew explores what the Gospel of Matthew teaches us about the revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ. An essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the gospel message better. It will leave you with a new appreciation of and enthusiasm for the riches of Matthew's writing, and the desire to return to it over and over again. Its straightforward, enlightening approach also means it is brilliantly helpful for new Christians just beginning on their faith journey. Each chapter includes discussion questions and reflection, making Meeting God in Matthew a perfect book for Bible study both for individuals and small groups. With a focus on the Passion narrative in Matthew's Gospel, it is also ideal for use as a Lent devotional for 2023. Simple yet profound, Meeting God in Matthew is an invitation to anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the Gospel of Matthew and through it to meet the God that is revealed in Jesus Christ.

Zusammenfassung
Perfect reading for the season of Lent, and a brilliant resource for the whole of the lectionary year, this introduction to Matthew's Gospel is full of inspiration and encouragement for today.