Happy and blessed 6: The merciful Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy - Matthew 5:7 ESVUK This is straightforward, isn't it? Merciful people are shown mercy. How can I write a blog on that? When someone shows mercy it makes headlines, positive headlines, it is generally agreed that being merciful is good. But …
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Matthew’s Gospel: Repent
Matthew's Gospel: Repent 40 Blogs of Lent: 7 Matthew 3:12-17 Jesus having been baptised by John in the Jordan, and having spent time in the wilderness confronting the devil now starts his ministry: Matthew always provides a link to what has gone before, here the link is that Jesus' ministry started like that of John, …
Matthew’s Gospel: The baptism of Jesus
Matthew's Gospel: The baptism of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: 3 Yesterday's blog was about John the Baptist and his link between the Old Testament and Jesus. Now the narrative switches to Jesus. Jesus comes to John for baptism. John's baptism is all about repentance, and John recognises that Jesus does not need to repent. …
Matthew’s Gospel: John the Baptist
Matthew's Gospel: John the Baptist 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 2 Matthew 3:1-12 We know more about John the Baptist from Luke's Gospel, but also from the Jewish historian Josephus, who said: [John] who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards …
Angels and Refugees at Christmas
Dreams of Angels The Nativity by Matthew - part 7 Angels in dreams have a big part to play in Matthew's Nativity story. First to Joseph to tell him that Mary had conceived by God, then to the wise men to tell them not to return to Herod and now three more to Joseph the …
Matthew’s Gospel and getting things in order
The logical Gospel The Jewish Gospel Getting everything in order Matthew's Gospel is my favourite Gospel. It wasn't always so. At first, it was Luke, I was handed a free Gospel of Luke whilst at University from a member of the Christian Union. I still have a soft spot for Luke, as reading this book …
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What’s it all about, Matthew
What;s it all about, Matthew? Matthew the author of Matthew's Gospel that is. To find out what is important about the life of Jesus to each of the Gospel writers look at what they put first and how this fits in with the overall style of the Gospel. With Matthew it is about teaching. From …
