Straight to the Heart of Matthew (The Straight to the Heart Series)

Straight to the Heart of Matthew: 60 Bite-Sized Insights

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A powerful new devotional commentary series designed to inform and inspire Jesus of Nazareth sparked a massive revolution. A lot of people miss that fact. They are so used to the long-haired, blue-eyed, white-robed storybook Jesus that they imagine He was about as tame and domesticated as many of His churches today. Jesus was a radical, dangerous revolutiona A powerful new devotional commentary series designed to inform and inspire Jesus of Nazareth sparked a massive revolution.

Jesus was a radical, dangerous revolutionary who made big waves and powerful enemies.

He was not killed for preaching pithy parables, but because He claimed to be King. Straight to the Heart of Matthew is one of a series of devotional commentaries, which allow people to get to grips with each book of the Bible one bite at a time. Phil Moore does not cover the whole of each book, but rather focuses on key sections which together form a useful introduction. There will be 25 volumes in all, each containing 60 readings. The short chapters are punchy and relevant, yet crammed with fascinating scholarship.

Most commentaries are for scholars. These are for you! Paperback , pages.

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Straight to the Heart Commentary , Straight to the Heart. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Straight to the Heart of Matthew , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Straight to the Heart of Matthew. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Feb 12, James rated it really liked it Shelves: Phil Moore may be a new name to you. It was for me when I signed up to review a commentary in the Straight to the Heart series.

Any Londoners reading this review feel free to fill in biographical data if you think I missed something but here is what I got: Phil Moore is the pastor of Queens Road Church in Wimbledon, London, a Bible teacher and evangelist for the Newfrontiers family of churches basically charismatic evangelical churches and author of the Straight to the Heartseries I am reviewi Phil Moore may be a new name to you.

Phil Moore is the pastor of Queens Road Church in Wimbledon, London, a Bible teacher and evangelist for the Newfrontiers family of churches basically charismatic evangelical churches and author of the Straight to the Heartseries I am reviewing. I was able to read and review the Matthew volume. He wrote this gospel so that you and I would do the same. He is not content at merely describing what the gospel meant, but articulating what difference it makes to your life.

So while this is a commentary, it is written in a relevant and challenging way aimed at connecting the Gospel to our lives. I read through this commentary with Matthew for Everyone close at hand so I could compare the two. There is certainly some overlap in style and content.

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Here are some things I see that are similar: This has to do with the limits of the genre. They tell you what difference the gospel makes for your life, but sometimes a more detailed commentary can help you sort out what the text is actually saying. So while this is a commentary, it is written in a relevant and challenging way aimed at connecting the Gospel to our lives.

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I read through this commentary with Matthew for Everyone close at hand so I could compare the two. There is certainly some overlap in style and content. Here are some things I see that are similar: This has to do with the limits of the genre. They tell you what difference the gospel makes for your life, but sometimes a more detailed commentary can help you sort out what the text is actually saying.

Obviously Phil Moore and N.

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Moore is more in line with classical Evangelical theology while Wright is more apt to question conventional assumptions. As a pastor and evangelist I think Moore may be better than Wright at connecting the Word with everyday life. However Wright is much better at describing the Jesus story and the first century context. They both do an admirable job of exegesis and connecting it to life; yet their personal and professional strengths are evident in their writing as well.

Occasionally he uses the text as pretext to talk about something else a point of doctrine, the value of learning apologetics, etc. At these points he is using the text more than sitting under it, and his reflections are not as rooted or if they are, not in Matthew.

Straight to the Heart of Matthew: 60 Bite-Sized Insights by Phil Moore

This small caveat aside, I would recommend this book for devotional use. I found it personally challenging as I seek to live out the life of discipleship. So if you are shopping for a devotional commentary on one of the gospels I commend this volume to you.

Thank you to Kregel Publications for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for this review.

Feb 13, Lisa Johnson rated it it was amazing. When was the last time you read Matthew in the New Testament? Well, let me encourage you with this 60 Bite-Sized Insights book. Unlike other books, the insights include how the Lord taught the author the truths presented in scripture. The reader should understand this author didn Title: Phil Moore shares his journey as he studied and applied what he learned in the New Testament from the book of Matthew.

In his book, he breaks Matthew down into Prologue, Acts 1 through 5 and ending with an Epilogue.

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While it may seem to be a long time ago, and it is, there are commands which we must be reminded of if we are citizens of the Kingdom of God. Included in this book are some ways that Phil was taught to think differently than in the past as he studied and unearthed scripture lessons. Along with all this, we learn how Jesus loved people and reached out to them as He does today. Phil Moore, while being an author, is also a pastor of a church in London, an evangelist and a Bible teacher. The Gospel of Matthew has much to teach us not only about the Kingdom, but also about the people of Jesus day, which should encourage us today.

For example on page 52 we read: I think it encourages a whole lot, and should also propel us to be available to do whatever Jesus calls us to do. So grab the devotional and your Bible, sit down and sit at the feet of the Master who loves us all so much He died for us. Then, He arose so we can be reconciled to God.

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