The Message of the Sermon on the Mount
Christian Counter-Culture
Published on 16. April 2020
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Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-78974-149-0 (ISBN)
Description
'The followers of Jesus are to be different,' writes John Stott, 'different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious.
The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical, standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle and network of relationships - all of which are totally at variance with those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counter-culture is the life of the Kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the divine rule.'
In his careful exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, John Stott accurately expounds the biblical text and relates it to life today. Above all, the author says, he wants to let Christ speak this sermon again, this time to the modern world.
The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical, standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle and network of relationships - all of which are totally at variance with those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counter-culture is the life of the Kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the divine rule.'
In his careful exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, John Stott accurately expounds the biblical text and relates it to life today. Above all, the author says, he wants to let Christ speak this sermon again, this time to the modern world.
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Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78974-149-0 (9781789741490)
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The Revd Dr John Stott, CBE, was for many years Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, and chaplain to the Queen. Stott's global influence is well established, mainly through his work with Billy Graham and the Lausanne conferences - he was one of the principal authors of theLausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005, Time magazine ranked Stott among the100 most influential people in the world. He passed away on July 27, 2011.
Content
Contents
General preface vii
Author's preface ix
Chief abbreviations xi
1. Introduction: what is this sermon? (5:1-2) 1
2. Christian character: the Beatitudes (5:3-12) 15
3. Christian influence: salt and light (5:13-16) 40
4. Christian righteousness: Christ, the Christian and the law
(5:17-20) 51
5. Christian righteousness: avoiding anger and lust (5:21-30) 63
6. Christian righteousness: faithfulness in marriage and honesty
in speech (5:31-37) 72
7. Christian righteousness: non-retaliation and active love (5:38-48) 84
8. Christian religion: not hypocritical but real (6:1-6, 16-18) 105
9. Christian prayer: not mechanical but thoughtful (6:7-15) 120
10. Christian ambition: not material security but God's rule (6:19-34) 130
11. Christian relationships: to fellow believers and the Father (7:1-12) 148
12. Christian relationships: to false prophets (7:13-20) 165
13. Christian commitment: the radical choice (7:21-27) 176
14. Conclusion: who is this preacher? (7:28-29) 182
Study guide 193
General preface vii
Author's preface ix
Chief abbreviations xi
1. Introduction: what is this sermon? (5:1-2) 1
2. Christian character: the Beatitudes (5:3-12) 15
3. Christian influence: salt and light (5:13-16) 40
4. Christian righteousness: Christ, the Christian and the law
(5:17-20) 51
5. Christian righteousness: avoiding anger and lust (5:21-30) 63
6. Christian righteousness: faithfulness in marriage and honesty
in speech (5:31-37) 72
7. Christian righteousness: non-retaliation and active love (5:38-48) 84
8. Christian religion: not hypocritical but real (6:1-6, 16-18) 105
9. Christian prayer: not mechanical but thoughtful (6:7-15) 120
10. Christian ambition: not material security but God's rule (6:19-34) 130
11. Christian relationships: to fellow believers and the Father (7:1-12) 148
12. Christian relationships: to false prophets (7:13-20) 165
13. Christian commitment: the radical choice (7:21-27) 176
14. Conclusion: who is this preacher? (7:28-29) 182
Study guide 193