Traveling with Matthew: How Does a Gospel Mean?
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The purpose of Traveling with Matthew is to revisit the power of a great story to shape our lives, both in church and society. Unstoried, we lose our way home. In a sermonesque style of engaging with our deep concerns and more common questions, the author seeks to draw us closer to Matthew. We may hear Jesus forwarding the story of Israel as a light to the world. We may see Jesus walking among the least of these with a passion for healing and justice. We may follow as Jesus takes upon himself the crosses borne by the world and in anguish gathers our cries to God. Only then do we walk with the women on those “two legs of fear and great joy” and live by their message “as apostles to the apostles” (John Donne). Perhaps Matthew may rise on our favorites list of Gospels. Its demands are challenging but not legalistic. Its message is centered in Jesus Christ and related to Israel. Written in a first-century context of conflict and chaos, Jesus in Matthew delivers an urgent call for our lives to matter as blessed by God. With hope to endure, Matthew offers the presence of God for the harassed and helpless of earth. With power as Scripture, “God with Us, Emmanuel” continues to encounter the poor in spirit and creates a worldwide community of healing and hope, light, and joy. Deserving of a fresh hearing, Matthew is truly good news, though not always easy news, for our day.
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“A wise and seasoned pastor, Hulsey knows well the challenges
and opportunities that come with preaching and teaching from the
Bible. Traveling with Matthew is a splendid resource that
offers a way of thinking about how the gospel story remains as
relevant and timely as ever. After hearing from Hulsey, you will
not think of Matthew, nor of preaching or teaching, in the same
way. This book will help enrich many lives.”
—Allan Cole, University of Texas at Austin
“For years, I have struggled with some of the most challenging
texts in the Gospel of Matthew. Hulsey has brought a fresh and
relevant lens to the text that comes out of a life in ministry.
Traveling with Matthew has been extremely helpful to me in
my preaching and teaching within a local congregation.”
—Mac Schafer, Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, North
Carolina
- Title: Traveling with Matthew: How Does a Gospel Mean?
- Author: James W. Hulsey
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781666700718, 9781666700695, 9781666700701, 1666700711, 166670069X, 1666700703
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666700718
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-16T06:40:03Z
James W. Hulsey is a Presbyterian minister who has maintained a
commitment to holding together biblical scholarship and pastoral
ministry. In addition to over forty years serving congregations, he
has occupied a number of positions at varying levels of the
denomination. He has also served as president of a campus ministry
board and, for a time, chaired the board of the Long Island Council
of Churches. A student of ministry in North American society,
Hulsey has also traveled extensively to Cuba, India, Israel, and
the United Kingdom. He remains curious about what God is up to in
both the church and the world.