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Fifty-two readings to spark weekly group discussion on putting Jesus’ most central teachings into practice.
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.
View Table of ContentsThis book offers essays discussing the most important part of the New Testament by famous authors including Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther King Jr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and many others. Every essay is different and thought provoking. They give new ways of understanding Jesus' teachings and how they relate to everyday human life. I think it would be a great book for study groups and discussions. This book not only enhances the way you read the Sermon on the Mount, but changes your life for the better.
A great collection of weekly meditations to see you through the entire year, written by some well-known and recognizable names: poets, theologians, authors from the past and the present. Although the book is meant for group discussion, it can definitely be used for your personal devotions.
This book is a phenomenal and powerful study of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. It is a collection of writings from a wide variety of voices from different traditions and time periods. Going through the Sermon on the Mount line by line, the writings show different perspectives yet ultimately all of them encourage readers to put Christ's teachings into practice in their own lives. This is a book meant to be read slowly, studied, and shared with others. I highly recommend it!
(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
(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
(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
(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
