Taking Jesus at His Word

Blessed are the poor in spirit. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. You cannot serve God and mammon. Judge not, that you be not judged. Though such sayings from Jesus. Sermon on the Mount are very familiar, many people - including Christians! - struggle to fully understand and follow them. For those who are brave enough to reconsider what Jesus really said, Addison Hodges Hart offers Taking Jesus at His Word. Book jacket.

Addison Hodges Hart is a retired pastor and college chaplain. He is also the author of Knowing Darkness: On Skepticism, Melancholy, Friendship, and God and The Yoke of Jesus: A School for the Soul in Solitude (both Eerdmans).

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Coming Back to the Sermong on the Mount	p. 1
Setting the Context of the Sermon	p. 13
What Jesus' Beatitudes Mean for Our Discipleship	p. 22
The Kingdom of God and the Law of Moses: What is meant by "Righteousness"?	p. 34
What Jesus Says about Lust, Anger, and Inconstancy	p. 43
What Jesus Says about Word-Breaking, Retaliation, and Hatred	p. 59
Our Secret Lives of Righteousness	p. 72
The Practice of Almsgiving	p. 76
The Practice of Prayer	p. 80
The Practice of Fasting	p. 94
Riches, Righteousness, and Anxiety	p. 98
"Judge Not!"	p. 106
Dogs and Holy Things and Pigs and Pearls	p. 113
Prayer and the Golden Rule	p. 119
The Parting of the Ways	p. 123
The Sermon That Has No End	p. 130
Questions for Discussion and Reflection	p. 133
Talking Sense about the Words of Jesus	p. 139
The Role of Judgment in Matthew's Gospel	p. 155
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