Chapters 1-4: The Coming Messiah: The Christmas StoriesChapter 1: Introduction to the Doctrine of GodChapter 2: Introduction to the Doctrine of Human NatureChapter 3: The Law of Repentance and the Gospel of BaptismTHE DOCTRINE OF INITIATIONChapter 4: The Doctrine of MinistryChapters 5-7: The Teaching Messiah: The Sermon on the MountINTRODUCTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF DISCIPLESHIPChapter 5: The Call of MercyChapter 6: The Call to FaithChapter 7: The Call to JusticeChapters 8-9: The Touching Messiah: The Ten MiraclesINTRODUCTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATIONChapter 8: The Five Miracles of GraceChapter 9: The Five Miracles of FreedomChapter 10: The Sermon on MissionChapters 11-12: The Six PortraitsTHE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSON OF CHRISTChapter 11: The Fish MessiahChapter 12: The Fire Christ
Frederick Dale Bruner is the George and Lyda Wasson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Whitworth University. His other books include A Theology of the Holy Spirit: The Pentecostal Experience and the New Testament Witness and commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew and John.
Eugene Peterson
"This is the kind of commentary that I most want -- a theological
wrestling with Scripture. Frederick Dale Bruner grapples with the
text not only as a technical exegete (although he also does that
very well) but as a church theologian, caring passionately about
what these words tell us about God and ourselves. Here he places
his considerable teaching gifts at the service of the Christian
community, caring as much about us as he cares about the text. His
Matthew commentary is in the grand traditions of Augustine, Calvin,
and Luther -- expansive and leisurely, loving the text, the people
in it, and the Christians who read it." Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society
"It is hard to think of another commentary that is more fruitful in
terms of stimulating the kind of thinking about the meaning of the
text that is the prerequisite for good preaching and teaching."
Themelios
"A hugely stimulating read . . . holds the reader's attention
better than many commentaries. Emphases on mission and formation of
Christian character also make this an important and valuable
contribution to scholarship on Matthew's gospel." William H.
Willimon
"Bruner is concerned with Christian formation, with the daily task
of living faithfully within today's church. His applications of the
Gospel of Matthew and his frequent excursions into contemporary
dilemmas for the church, such as church-state relations, marriage,
liberation theology, feminism, and war, provide many stimulating
insights for contemporary Christians." Dialog
"Often Bruner's expositions are so apposite that the preacher will
be tempted to lift them whole into the sermon, for they bring the
biblical message explicitly into the life of the congregation."
Samuel Hugh Moffett
"An excitingly readable and innovative commentary on Matthew by one
of America's master Bible teachers." Perspectives in Religious
Studies
"The value of Bruner's work is that what he is doing is so
desperately needed and so rarely done at the level of
sophistication reflected in his two volumes." Currents in Theology
and Mission
"This is a practical commentary for preachers and teachers in
congregations. . . Marvelously successful."
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