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The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7 : Christian Counter-Culture) By John R. W. Stott ( InterVarsity Press )
Release Date: 1985-01
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"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.
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The Christian Counter-Culture ( vghuff )
As a new believer, I found Stott's book to be a treasure. His elaboration of Jesus' basic teachings in the Sermon
on the Mount of how He wanted his disciples (then and now) to think and act was very illuminating. Stott's choice of the term "counter-culture" for this manifesto seems very fitting since the details of the Sermon show
how the believer's way is so at odds with the ways of the secular world. Stott writes with voice that is insightful
and inspired. This is the first book of his that I have read and studied. It will certainly not be the last!
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A Must Buy ( rhbrainard )
I bought this on the advice of Jim Rosscup's book, Commentaries for Biblical Expositors. He is absolutrely correct in his assessment. This book is right up there with D. Martyn Lloyd Jones' works on the Sermon on the Mount. Very thought provoking. Well worth the money and the time to read! If I had only one book to buy on the subject, This would be the one.
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A New and Fresh Take on the Sermon ( romevi86 )
I'm not quite sure I've read such an in-depth study book as this one, let alone on the Sermon on the Mount. Stott writes with such vigor and authority that left me feeling he knew exactly what he was talking about, and it helped to put the perspective of the Sermon into more realistic, less difficult terms.
It made the Sermon a message that was new, even though we've all heard it before. Stott makes it seem that he wants all his readers to forget what we've learned about the Sermon, and read it and hear it as if for the very first time.
Though I'm not too big on Bible study books, and I looked around quite a bit before finding this one, Stott's study definitely helped me to look at Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with a fresh and energetic perspective.
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Theological Orthodoxy Coupled with Good Sense and a Broad Scope ( leslie_richford )
John R. W. Stott, The Message of the Sermon on the Mount. Christian Counter-Culture. Leicester/England and Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. First edition 1978; regularly reprinted in this format since 1984. 238 pages.
Although this book is, in the meantime, almost 30 years old, it remains as timeless as the Bible chapters on which it is commenting - and as a reminder of what a tremendous gift John Stott has been to the church in his role as teacher and author. His "Message of the Sermon on the Mount" has a number of characteristics which make it more or less ideal as a guide through three of the New Testament's most fascinating, but also most difficult chapters. The first of these characteristics is its intellectual plausibility and good sense: Stott nowhere speculates, never goes off at a tangent, but always gives a thorough, intelligent, well thought-out explanation of the text that takes account of opposing views but counters these with irrefutable arguments. The second characteristic is its theological orthodoxy, coupled however with broadness of scope, awareness of other positions and honesty in the face of difficulties. Stott is never dogmatically narrow-minded, but always loyal not only to the ipsa verba, but to the very spirit of the Biblical text - something that should warm every Christian's heart. A third characteristic is Stott's familiarity with the literature and his adeptness in providing apt quotes at just the right moment. And he does not limit himself here to other commentaries or to parallel Bible verses; there is a liberal sprinkling of pithy comment from Augustine and Chrysostom from the early church period, from the great reformers Luther and Calvin, and from more modern theologians and thinkers of various schools, e. g. Joachim Jeremias, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A. B. Bruce, Alfred Plummer, even C. S. Lewis. And of course, Stott has read and digested Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones's massive volume of sermons on Matthew 5 thru 7 Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. A fourth characteristic would be Stott's balance between the more "evangelistic" type of approach and the social aspects of the Christian faith. And a fifth characteristic would be his insistence on the supremacy and sovereignty of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and only Saviour.
If you are looking for a book of "manageable" size on the Sermon on the Mount, and assuming you require a volume which is really faithful to the words of the text, you could do no better than turn to Stott's classic exposition. This is one of the absolute highlights of the "The Bible Speaks Today" series (which, in itself, has proved, in my opinion, rather uneven).
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Very practical exposition of the Sermon ( pastormarc )
I am preaching through the beatitudes right now, and next year, I plan on preaching through the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. I already had all the heavy duty technical books on this section of the Bible. So I really needed a book where the writer explained the text in a way that people could understand it.
Stott's book fills that void. He masterfully explains and applies the text to life, and he always gives you something to chew on in digestible form. In addition to owning one or two technical commentaries on Matthew, I recommend picking up this little book if you are preaching or studying Matthew 5-7.
Rev. Marc Axelrod
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