Category: Life in the Scriptures

Note: This blog is the last in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. The final section in Matthew tells the story of Jesus’ passion (from the Latin word for “suffering,” referring to Jesus’ torture and death) and resurrection. The book of… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: The Passion and the Resurrection

Note: This blog is the eleventh in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. The final section in Matthew as Jesus arrives in Jerusalem focuses on Jesus’ teaching about the end of the world. In the narrative, the discussion is precipitated by… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: The Kingdom and the End

Note: This blog is the tenth in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. As Jesus continues to proclaim the Kingdom, the conflict around his teaching continues to rise. In the fifth section of Matthew’s Gospel, Matthew highlights that conflict for us.… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: Rising Conflict

Note: This blog is the ninth in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. By the end of the fourth major section in Matthew, it is clear that Messiah is being rejected by many. The narratives highlight the doubts about Jesus’ identity,… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: The Proclamation of the Kingdom

Note: This blog is the eighth in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. The third major section in Matthew serves to establish Jesus’ credentials as the Old Testament Messiah. This naturally follows the preaching of the gospel in the previous section.… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: Jesus’ Messianic Credentials

Note: This blog is the sixth in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. The second major section in Matthew covers the introduction to Jesus’ ministry. Matthew, Mark, and Luke all cover similar ground here. In order to introduce us to the… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: The Introduction to Jesus’ Ministry

Note: This blog is the fifth in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. With this post we dive into the text of Matthew in earnest. Below is a rough sketch of the handout I gave my class when we reached this… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: The Birth of Jesus

Note: This blog is the fourth in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. As I taught through the Gospel of Matthew in 2021 at my church, I spent one lesson walking my class through the introductory material related to Matthew: authorship,… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: Background and Themes

Note: This blog is the third in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew.  You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. In my first post in this series, I wrote about the importance of both reading the Bible and reading good books about the Bible. Good books about the… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: A Bibliography

Note: This blog is the second in a series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. You can find the first blog on teaching Matthew HERE. There is no shortage of books, study Bibles, and commentaries on Matthew to give us an outline of the book. And unlike some books of the Bible, there… Continue reading Teaching Matthew: An Outline