Matthew : The Gospel of Identity /
Michael Card
- Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2013
- 267 p. ; 23 cm.
- The Biblical Imagination Series 3 .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: The Biblical Imagination -- Introduction: Learning to Listen to Matthew -- Major Themes -- The Crisis in Galilee -- The Gospel of Identity -- Matthew 1 -- The Messiah�s Pedigree -- A Dream Come True -- Matthew 2 -- The World�s Wisdom Bows Down -- The Escape -- Matthew 3 -- The Voice of One in the Wilderness -- The Perfect Words of the Father -- Matthew 4 -- The Temptation in the Wilderness -- Preaching in Galilee -- The First Disciples, the First Mission -- Matthew 5 Jesus� Nine BenedictionsJesus, Tell Us Who We Are -- An Unexpected Fulfillment -- A New Righteousness -- Matthew 6 -- A Secret Righteousness -- True Treasure -- How to Be Worry Free -- Matthew 7 -- Do Not Judge -- Do Not Give Up Asking -- Sermon Summary -- Matthew 8 -- The Disobedient Leper -- The Confident Centurion -- The One Who Carries Our Illness -- The Homeless Son of Man -- Two Demonic Confrontations -- Matthew 9 -- Winning Praise for God -- The Calling of Matthew -- Old Orthodoxy, New Reality -- Power over Disease and Death One Request He Will Never DenyFinal Synagogue Tour -- Matthew 10 -- Appointing the Twelve -- Instructions to the Twelve -- Matthew 11 -- Jesus� Failure to Meet Expectations -- Capernaum and Sodom -- The Painful Joy of Jesus -- Matthew 12 -- The Identity of Jesus: Lord of the Sabbath -- The Fearless Healer -- God�s Gentle Servant -- The Son of David -- Greater Than Jonah and Solomon -- A New Family of Faith -- Matthew 13 -- The Parable of the Soils -- The Parable of the Weeds -- The Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast Three Parables Unique to MatthewThe End of the Synagogue Ministry -- Matthew 14 -- The Ludicrous Death of John -- The Miracle of Perfect Provision -- Their First Time to Worship -- Matthew 15 -- Jesus Attacks the Oral Law -- Bread for the Puppies -- A Miracle of Abundance -- Matthew 16 -- Engaging the Pharisees -- The Yeast of the Pharisees -- Peter�s Confession and Blessing -- Peter�s Rebuke and Cursing -- Matthew 17 -- The Transfiguration -- “Have Mercy� -- An Unmiraculous Miracle -- Matthew 18 -- Who Is the Greatest? The Lonely lost SheepThe Process of Forgiving Your Brother -- A Willingness to Forgive Little -- Matthew 19 -- Divorce and the Little Children -- A Flawed Question -- Matthew 20 -- The Eccentric Employer: A Parable of H. ESED -- The Third Announcement of Suffering -- A Request to Be First -- Two Blind Men -- Matthew 21 -- The “Triumphal� Entry -- A Prophet is in the Temple -- A Lesson from the Leaves -- Questions of Authority -- Two Worker Parables -- Matthew 22 -- The Wedding Feast -- Three Controversy Stories -- Jesus� Coup De Gr�ce