Explore with us how a hunger and thirst for righteousness ends a downward spiral of covenantal unfaithfulness and promotes lasting satiation with God's steadfast love completed in Jesus.

Explore with us a biblical understanding of meek as Jesus promotes it in a Greco-Roman context of virtue. Discover how to cultivate meekness as one who obtains strength under control.

Explore with us Jesus' second beatitude and discover through the lens of the prophets who the mourners are and how Jesus intends for them to be comforted.

Explore with us meaning within Matthew's context behind Jesus' first Beatitude, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Explore with us how the gospel writer sets up Jesus' mountain top experience as fulfillment and completion of God's descent on Mt. Sinai. Discover the opportunity the Israelites missed out on, but can now find in meeting together with Jesus on the mountain top.

Explore with us how Jesus threshes with his winnowing fork to usher in the gospel of the kingdom of heaven!

Explore how Jesus gets his ministry off to a powerful start by overcoming the devil's temptations in the wilderness and aligning his mission in surrender to the Lord's plan for redeeming His people.

Explore Matthew's narrative of clashing kingdoms as John the Baptist preaches about the kingdom of heaven drawing near in the ministry of Jesus.

Explore with us how Matthew maps the narratives around Jesus' birth onto those narratives in Israel's antiquity to demonstrate Jesus as restorer of fallen creation and fulfiller of God's covenantal promises.

Explore with us Matthew's Christmas and how Jesus Christ is Immanuel in an era of eagerly awaiting the Messiah.