The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Bible Speaks Today)

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Publisher's Description

“The followers of Jesus are to 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 this careful exposition of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, John R. W. 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.

About the Author

John R. W. Stott (1921-2011) was a rare combination of evangelist and paster, administrator and Bible teacher. For twenty-five years he served as the rector of All Souls Church in London, becoming rector emeritus in 1975. Until the end of his life in 2011 he carried a worldwide ministry as a Bible expositor, conference speaker and writer. Among his many books is the bestselling Basic Christianity. In this series, for which he served as New Testament editor, he wrote The Message of the Sermon on the Mount, The Message of Acts, The Message of Romans, The Message of Galatians, The Message of Ephesians, The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians, The Message of 1 Timothy & Titus and The Message of 2 Timothy.