About the Book

Jesus’ most famous teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, possesses an irresistible quality. Who hasn’t felt stirred and unsettled after reading these words, which get to the root of the human condition?

This follow-up to the acclaimed collection Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People taps an even broader array of sources, bringing together prophetic voices from every era and a range of traditions to consider the repercussions of these essential words.

More than a commentary or devotional, this book is designed to be read together with others, to inspire communities of faith to discuss what it might look like to put Jesus’ teachings into practice today.

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Tablet of Contents

Part I: Kingdom Character

(Matthew 5:1–16)

1. Master Teacher
E. Stanley Jones, Henri J. M. Nouwen

2. Good News
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

3. Foolish Wisdom
Virginia Stem Owens, Frederick Buechner, John Dear

4. Blessedness
James C. Howell, Kathy Escobar, Francis of Assisi

5. Poverty of Spirit
Philip Yancey, Eberhard Arnold, Dorothy Day

6. Mourning
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Rabindranath Tagore, Frederica Mathewes-Green

7. The Meek 
John Chrysostom, Elisabeth Elliot, Richard Rohr, Teresa of Ávila

8. Hungry and Thirsty
William Barclay

9. The Merciful
Charles E. Moore, Leo Tolstoy

10. Purity of Heart
Irenaeus, Søren Kierkegaard, Thomas Merton, Brennan Manning

11. Peacemaking
John Dear, Thomas Merton, Peter Kreeft

12. Persecution
Jerome, Gene L. Davenport, Óscar Romero, Jeanne DeCelles

13. Salt and Light
Charles E. Moore, Jane Tyson Clement, John R. W. Stott

Part II: Kingdom Commands

(Matthew 5:17–48)

14. The Law
Barbara Brown Taylor, Jen Wilkin, Addison Hodges Hart, Jürgen Moltmann

15. The Greater Righteousness
Leo Tolstoy, Oswald Chambers

16. Anger 
Dallas Willard, Augustine of Hippo, Francis de Sales, William Blake

17. Right Worship
F. B. Meyer, Henri J. M. Nouwen, George MacDonald

18. Sexual Purity
J. Heinrich Arnold, Francis Chan

19. Marriage
Johann Christoph Arnold, David Fleer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer

20. Truthfulness
Peter Riedemann, Scot McKnight, Francis de Sales, Eberhard Arnold, Thomas Merton

21. Nonresistance
Giovanni Papini, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Howard Thurman

22. Overcoming Evil
E. Stanley Jones, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr.

23. Love of Enemy
Martin Luther King Jr., Helmut Thielicke, Nikolaj Velimirović

24. Perfect Love
Addison Hodges Hart, Jürgen Moltmann, Chiara Lubich

Part III: Kingdom Devotion

(Matthew 6:1–18)

25. From the Heart
Sinclair Ferguson, Abraham Joshua Heschel, John Flavel

26. When You Give
Leo Tolstoy, John Chrysostom, Mother Teresa

27. When You Pray
Karl Barth, Daniel M. Doriani, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Madeleine L’Engle, Amy Carmichael, Mother Teresa

28. The Father Knows
Martin Luther, Helmut Thielicke, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

29. Teach Us to Pray
Andrew Murray, Elton Trueblood, Pope Benedict XVI

30. Our Father
Cyprian of Carthage, N. T. Wright, Hannah Whitall Smith, Teresa of Ávila, Dom Hélder Câmara

31. God’s Name
William H. Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas, Alfred Delp, Leonardo Boff

32. God’s Kingdom
Eberhard Arnold, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

33. God’s Will
Meister Eckhart, Robert McAfee Brown, François Fénelon, Chiara Lubich

34. Daily Bread
Gregory of Nyssa, Leonardo Boff, F. B. Meyer

35. Forgive Us
M. Scott Peck, Philip Graham Ryken, Frederica Mathewes-Green

36. As We Forgive
Horace Bushnell, Dorothy L. Sayers, C. S. Lewis

37. Temptation
Charles H. Spurgeon, Thomas à Kempis, N. T. Wright

38. Deliver Us
Earl F. Palmer, Pope Benedict XVI, Romano Guardini

Part IV: Kingdom Priorities

(Matthew 6:19–7:28)

39. Lasting Treasures
John Wesley, Basil the Great, Clement of Alexandria, A. W. Tozer

40. The Good Eye
Timothy Keller

41. God or Mammon
Eberhard Arnold, Jacques Ellul, David Bentley Hart

42. Beyond Worry 
Madame Guyon, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Clarence Jordan, Christina Rossetti, Howard Thurman

43. God’s Kingdom First
Leonhard Ragaz, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

44. Judging Others
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anthony de Mello, Christena Cleveland, Roy Hession

45. Casting Pearls
Dallas Willard, Jacques Ellul

46. Ask, Seek, Knock
Andrew Murray

47. The Golden Rule
Roger L. Shinn, John Wesley, Leo Tolstoy

48. Two Ways
The Didache, C. S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Shepherd of Hermas

49. False Prophets
Scot McKnight, John R. W. Stott, Gene L. Davenport, Basilea Schlink

50. Lord, Lord
George MacDonald, Wendell Berry

51. Building on Rock
Jarrett Banks, Oswald Chambers

52. Our Final Authority
Søren Kierkegaard, Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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