Digital Logos Edition
In this collection, Sam Storms draws upon 38 years of experience as a professor, a pastor, and an author to provide accessible and insightful commentaries, as well as general Bible reading tips. For every book of the Bible covered here, he includes detailed introductions, personal commentaries, and suggestions for further reading; for Psalms, Corinthians, and Revelations, he also includes guides for daily devotions and meditations. Through this series of hundreds of articles, Storms helps readers get more out of the Bible by giving interpretive clues and discussing controversial issues such as divorce and remarriage, infant deaths, the power of demons, and more. Sermon on the Mount contains an introduction to and commentary on the book of Matthew, focusing specifically on the teachings of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount.
“The beatitudes reveal how contrary the values and perspective of the church and the world really are” (source)
“The really good news is that the beatitudes not only describe what you and I should be, they describe what we can be” (source)
“What Jesus is saying is this: Do not retaliate against those who have maliciously opposed you” (Matthew 5:39a)
“I agree with Carson who says that ‘the Sermon on the Mount does indeed drive men and women to a sober recognition of their sin and a realistic understanding of their need for grace. But the Sermon does more than that. It portrays the pattern of conduct under kingdom authority, a pattern that demands conformity now, even if perfection will not be achieved until the kingdom’s consummation’ (154).” (source)
“Living out the beatitudes (and the entire Sermon) can never be divorced from a right relationship to Jesus himself” (source)