| Matthew:1,2-16 | “The importance of family”: see the three foreign women in Jesus family tree |
| Matthew:1,5 | “The Gentiles become part of Israel”: included |
| Matthew:1,5 | “The Gentiles become part of Israel”: Jesus |
| Matthew:1,18-25 | “The child”: she gave birth to Jesus |
| Matthew:2 | ““A different Christmas story””: Matthew |
| Matthew:2 | “Finally, the story”: king Herod was about to kill him |
| Matthew:3,12 | “The two harvests”: burning the chaff |
| Matthew:4,1-11 | “Some basics”: Jesus fasted for 40 days in the desert, facing the same challenges |
| Matthew:4,1-11 | “Finally, the story”: devil tried to tempt him |
| Matthew:4,11 | “Assumptions”: the devil, for instance, is the one who leaves Jesus after the temptation |
| Matthew:5,3 | “The teachings of Jesus”: The poor in spirit will receive the kingdom |
| Matthew:5,4 | “The teachings of Jesus”: Those who mourn shall be comforted (with national rebirth) |
| Matthew:5,5 | “The teachings of Jesus”: The meek shall inherit the land |
| Matthew:5,8 | “The teachings of Jesus”: The pure in heart shall see God |
| Matthew:5,9 | “The teachings of Jesus”: Peacemakers are those who are called children of God |
| Matthew:5,17-48 | “The solution”: Israel that had twisted the law |
| Matthew:5,17-48 | “The Core Teaching”: Matthew 5:17-48 |
| Matthew:6,24 | “Pax Romana and Christians”: you can only serve one master |
| Matthew:6,24 | “The Dilemma This Created for Christians”: No one can serve two masters |
| Matthew:6,24 | “The Core Teaching”: No one can serve two masters |
| Matthew:6,25-34 | “Pax Romana and Christians”: received their provision from Jesus |
| Matthew:6,25-34 | “The Dilemma This Created for Christians”: Matthew 6:25-34 |
| Matthew:6,25-34 | “The Core Teaching”: Matthew 6:25-34 |
| Matthew:8,5-13 | “The solution”: though even Jesus made exceptions along the way |
| Matthew:8,26 | “Ready for the second death”: who are ruled by fear |
| Matthew:9,30 | “The twofold attack”: Jesus acts often in the hidden |
| Matthew:10,8 | “Living water”: Matthew |
| Matthew:11,12 | “Missing key words”: snatch the kingdom of heaven |
| Matthew:11,13-14 | “The identity of the two witnesses”: who comes again as John |
| Matthew:11,20-24 | “Already but not yet”: He would have to judge everyone |
| Matthew:11,20-24 | “The Core Teaching”: Matthew 11:20-24 |
| Matthew:12,1-12 | “God’s vineyard”: this same image to show Israel’s failure and hand the vineyard to others who bear fruit |
| Matthew:12,6 | “The promise”: greater than the temple |
| Matthew:12,28 | “A new thinking”: Driving them out is a sign that the Day of the Lord has come |
| Matthew:12,29 | “Crux 2: what “bound” means”: binds the strong man |
| Matthew:12,29 | “Missing key words”: a thief snatches property |
| Matthew:13,13 | “We become what we worship”: Jesus also applied this to His ministry |
| Matthew:13,19 | “Missing key words”: Satan steals the seed sown in the heart |
| Matthew:13,24-30 | “The teachings of Jesus”: weeds in the field |
| Matthew:13,24-30 | “Crux 4: how much of the promise lands inside history?”: the wheat and the weeds |
| Matthew:13,33 | “The teachings of Jesus”: yeast, which changes the whole dough |
| Matthew:13,33 | “Crux 4: how much of the promise lands inside history?”: until the whole was leavened |
| Matthew:13,36-42 | “Intro”: Jesus himself gives a different impression of |
| Matthew:13,38 | “Crux 4: how much of the promise lands inside history?”: the field is the world |
| Matthew:13,44-46 | “The teachings of Jesus”: the hidden treasure and the pearl |
| Matthew:13,47-50 | “The teachings of Jesus”: parable of the fish net |
| Matthew:14,13-21 | “The Core Teaching”: Matthew 14:13-21 |
| Matthew:15,23-24 | “The story of Jesus”: renews the covenant with the Jews |
| Matthew:15,24 | “The solution”: His calling was to restore Israel and call as many of them to himself as possible |
| Matthew:16,5-12 | “semaino”: The feeding of the 5000 |
| Matthew:16,5-12 | “The Core Teaching”: Matthew 16:5-12 |
| Matthew:16,18 | “Defeat turned into victory”: Church would not be overcome |
| Matthew:18 | ““Literally or symbolically””: forgive 7 times 70, that is 490 times |
| Matthew:18 | ““Literally or symbolically””: pluck out our eyes if they cause us to sin |
| Matthew:20,20-28 | ““The thousand year kingdom””: reigning |
| Matthew:20,25-28 | “There is more”: means to rule in God’s kingdom |
| Matthew:21,33-45 | “The teachings of Jesus”: reuses this parable with the judgment to completely destroy Israel if they reject him |
| Matthew:22,36-39 | “The dark side”: love is the greater good |
| Matthew:24 | “An apocalypse”: Matthew 24 |
| Matthew:24 | “The olive tree perspective”: 24 |
| Matthew:24,3 | “Coming with the clouds”: Jesus speaks of the end times |
| Matthew:24,4-8 | “The mystery of the first horseman”: Matthew |
| Matthew:24,12-14 | “The problem”: Matthew 24:12 |
| Matthew:24,21 | “Futurist”: Jesus’s own warning |
| Matthew:24,21 | “The great tribulation”: Matthew |
| Matthew:24,29-31 | “Post-tribulational”: Jesus’ own end-time teaching |
| Matthew:24,30 | “Coming with the clouds”: Matthew |
| Matthew:24,32 | “The olive tree perspective”: the parable of the fig tree |
| Matthew:24,36 | “The context”: as the verse just before this passage says |
| Matthew:24,37-42 | “The left behind”: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand-mill; one will be taken and the other left. ‘Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” |
| Matthew:25 | “The olive tree perspective”: 25 |
| Matthew:25,6 | “Missing key words”: at the arrival of the bridegroom |
| Matthew:27,66 | “But aren’t there also differences?”: Matthew |
| Matthew:28,18 | “The twofold attack”: God gives Jesus all authority in heaven and on earth |
| Matthew:28,18-20 | “Crux 4: how much of the promise lands inside history?”: Make disciples of all nations |