The Moral Teachings of Jesus: Radical Instruction in the Will of God
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
The growing movement of post-evangelicalism highlights an opportunity to elevate and center the moral teachings of Jesus. So many of those who identify as Christian intuitively know that their old version of faith is no longer working, and they feel a theological vacuum. David P. Gushee has been a leader in recent years for those ready to move on to a more examined and robust faith. Now, in The Moral Teachings of Jesus, Gushee examines forty teachings of Jesus, drawn from all four New Testament Gospels, to clarify exactly what Jesus said about the moral life.
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- Seeks to clarify exactly what Jesus said about the moral life
- Examines forty teachings of Jesus, drawn from all four New Testament Gospels
- Offers the needed exegetical work to address textual and linguistic issues
- The Kingdom of God
- Sabbath Observance
- Family Problems
- Tradition
- Deny Yourself
- True Greatness
- Temptation
- Marriage, Divorce, and Children
- A Rich Man Seeks Salvation
- The Beatitudes
- Let Your Light Shine
- Making Peace
- Preventing Adultery
- Telling the Truth
- Loving Enemies
- Practicing Piety Privately
- Forgiving
- Storing up Treasure in Heaven
- Judge Not
- The Golden Rule
- Fruit, Deeds, and Houses Built on Rock
- Whom to Fear
- Wheat and Weeds
- Workers in the Vineyard
- The Anointing of Jesus
- The Greatest Commandment
- The Rich Fool
- Humility and Exaltation
- Lost Sons, Broken Family
- God vs. Mammon
- Lazarus and the Indifferent Rich Man
- The Widow Who Demands Justice
- The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
- The Woman at the Well
- The Woman Facing Execution
- Love One Another
- May They All Be One
- Jesus Occupies the Temple
- Paying Taxes to Caesar
- As You Did to the Least of These
Part I: Mark
Part II: Matthew
Part III: Luke
Part IV: John
Part V: Passion Week
With his eye on current trends in the church, and especially among young adults, David Gushee throws a lifeline to all who are hungry for something authentic, a return to Jesus’ ‘radical instruction’ that calls Christians to shape and renew their own lives—spiritual and social—while confronting the challenges of a materialistic and increasingly amoral culture. The result is a welcoming introduction to the teachings of the one whose moral vision can still transform lives and cultures that will be ideal for both individual and group study.
—R. Alan Culpepper, dean and professor emeritus of New Testament, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University
What does Jesus really say about how his followers should live? Clearing the deck of polemical partisanship and free of cherry-picking soundbites from Scripture, David Gushee guides us through the four Gospels and shows us. He distills into forty succinct, reader-friendly, and academically sound chapters Jesus’ radical moral message for living in harmony with God’s ways. This book deserves a wide reading, not only among followers of the Christian path, but of those who have grown weary of its many distortions in the public sphere.
—Peter Enns, professor of biblical studies, Eastern University
David Gushee offers us an insightful invitation to explore the principles and practical implications of the teachings of Jesus afresh. This is a compelling and much needed new resource for our time! While it stands to engage all who are curious about the teachings of Jesus, it’s sure to equip the growing contingent of ‘post-evangelical’ Christians longing to embody a faithful witness as they follow Jesus in our time.
—Keri Ladouceur, co-founder and executive director, Post-Evangelical Collective