The Gospel of Matthew is concerned with the position of these early Christian churches within Israel, or in its relationship to what we call Judaism. And these are concerns that belong to the time ...

Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash. Palm Sunday brings to mind the festive reception that met Jesus when he entered Jerusalem. “Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass” (Mt 21:5).

Find today’s readings here. Anyone who has lived in a place that alternates between wet and dry seasons knows the power of returning storms. Everything changes with the rain. Dry ground turns green ...

Introduction: The Gospel of Matthew opens with a genealogy that may seem, at first glance, to be a simple list of names. Yet Matthew 1:1–17 is carefully shaped and deeply theological. Matthew is not ...

Each Gospel was written by a follower of Jesus, guided by the Holy Spirit, who had a unique upbringing and perspective. Matthew, also called Levi, had been a tax collector before encountering Christ, ...

According to Harnack, the essence of Christianity is Jesus’ preaching of the Father. The Son had no place in the Gospel as Jesus preached it. This “liberal” construction of the Gospel which Jesus ...