We're sorry. An error has occurred
Please cancel or retry.
Meeting God in Matthew
Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
Couldn't load pickup availability
-
17 November 2022

Elaine Storkey, one of the world's most widely respected theologians and author of Women in a Patriarchal World and Scars Across Humanity, offers an accessible introduction to the main message of Matthew's Gospel. Powerful and absorbing, it is packed full of many compelling observations about the personality and impact of Jesus both in the first century and today.
Meeting God in Matthew explores what the Gospel of Matthew teaches us about the revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ. An essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the gospel message better. It will leave you with a new appreciation of and enthusiasm for the riches of Matthew's writing, and the desire to return to it over and over again. Its straightforward, enlightening approach also means it is brilliantly helpful for new Christians just beginning on their faith journey.
Each chapter includes discussion questions and reflection, making Meeting God in Matthew a perfect book for Bible study both for individuals and small groups. With a focus on the Passion narrative in Matthew's Gospel, it is also ideal for use as a Lent devotional for 2023.
Simple yet profound, Meeting God in Matthew is an invitation to anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the Gospel of Matthew and through it to meet the God that is revealed in Jesus Christ.
— Revd Claire Robertson, Lordsbridge Team Vicar, Diocese of Ely
'Elaine Storkey leads us gently and winsomely through Matthew’s Gospel to meet with Jesus . . . This book is down-to-earth, accessible, illuminating. I loved it.'
— The Right Reverend Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster
Acknowledgements x
Introduction: Matthew, audience and author xi
1 Meeting God in fulfilment of prophecy 1
2 Meeting God in preparation for ministry 23
3 Meeting God in the teaching of the kingdom 46
4 Meeting God on the journey to Jerusalem 70
5 Meeting God in woes and warnings 94
6 Meeting God in Christ’s suffering, death
and resurrection 117
Questions for reflection or group discussion 140
Appendix 1: The structure of Matthew’s Gospel 144
Appendix 2: The literary relationships between
the first three (‘Synoptic’) Gospels, showing the
material they have in common 147
Appendix 3: Source hypotheses 149
Notes 153