Posts Tagged ‘Matthew’

  • E100 Week 11: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ

    Jun 27, 10 • E100, Jesus, John, Luke, Mark, MatthewComments Off on E100 Week 11: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ
    E100 Week 11: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ

    What is a “Gospel”? Not a collection of sayings, because they tell more stories, but not a biography, they almost miss out most of Jesus’ life! We’ll get an idea what Gospels really are by looking at how each Gospel concludes (Matt 28:17-20; Mark 16:15-20; Luke 24:51-53; John 20:30-31). Then, the four gospels begin so [&hellip...

  • Casuistic and apodictic: part 3: Jesus reads more Scripture

    Feb 18, 10 • Uncategorized3 Comments
    Casuistic and apodictic: part 3: Jesus reads more Scripture

    Video version here. We look at how Jesus reads other Bible passages (still in Matthew 5) to begin confirming the hypothesis that to read Scripture with Jesus is to make it so extreme that rules (casuistic law) become goals (apodictic command). Before you get to the next podcast it would be a good idea to [&hellip...

  • Casuistic and apodictic: part 2: The Jesus Key

    Feb 9, 10 • Uncategorized5 Comments
    Casuistic and apodictic: part 2: The Jesus Key

    Video version here. In this I’ll tell you how I think Jesus offers the key to how we should understand the casuistic laws of the Old Testament. It’s simple, but as I’ll go on to show in later ‘casts profound. The clue is found in a passage we’ve looked at before (Matt 5) especially in [&hellip...

  • Casuistic and apodictic: part 1: What the terms mean

    Feb 2, 10 • Uncategorized1 Comment
    Casuistic and apodictic: part 1: What the terms mean

    Video version here. The distinction between casuistic and apodictic formulations of “legal” material in the Bible, seems like a prime example of scholarship which has lost touch with the needs of real Bible readers. Not least the abstruse technical language puts people off. Yet this distinction has deeply theological consequences, and Jesus seems to “fulfill” [&hellip...

  • Matthew 5:17ff. and reading the Old Testament

    Matthew 5:17ff. and reading the Old Testament

    More than 5 minutes, so not a podcast for here, but if you want to listen to something longer (like 30 mins plus question time) I’ve posted this morning’s sermon to my blog: Matthew 5:17ff. : How to Read the Old Testament. Taking the “difficult” passage from the sermon on the mount and asking what [&hellip...

  • What DOES “fulfil” mean?

    What DOES “fulfil” mean?

    Matthew often says that Jesus “fulfilled” some passage from the Old Testament. What does he mean? This ‘cast begins to explore this question.  ...