The Enormous Exception: Meeting Christ in the Sermon on the Mount

by Palmer, Earl F.

• ISBN13: 9781573831994
• ISBN10: 1573831999
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Regent College Pub

Summary

Every age needs its comfortable assumptions challenged by Scripture's unsettling call to live Christ's way -- hence the need for a fresh examination of the famed sermon of Jesus, recorded in Matthew 5-7.

Author Biography

Earl F. Palmer is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton Theological Seminary. Since 1991 he has been pastor of University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
The Road	p. 21
Salt and Light	p. 29
Lord of the Law	p. 37
People Protection	p. 47
A New Way	p. 53
Secrets	p. 59
A Prayer for All Seasons	p. 65
The Enormous Exception	p. 79
Total Help for Total Need	p. 87
Kingdom, Power, and Glory	p. 103
Another Version of the Good Life	p. 111
Who Gets the Last Word?	p. 119
An Open Door Policy	p. 127
The Narrow Pass	p. 133
Building for Tomorrow	p. 141
Notes	p. 148
Bibliography	p. 150
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