Today we read Matthew 5:27-48, Jesus exposes the full depth of God’s law, showing that purity, integrity, and love are not outward performances but conditions of the heart. The King calls His people to a righteousness that exceeds the Pharisees — one that reaches anger, lust, oath-taking, and the love of enemies.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

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Today we read Matthew 5:13-26, Jesus calls His disciples to be salt and light in the world — visibly distinct, preserving what is good, and pointing all who see them to the Father. He then deepens the law’s demands beyond the outward act, showing that the sixth commandment reaches into the heart and that unreconciled anger makes even our worship unacceptable before God.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

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Today, we begin the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Beginning with the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Today, we read Matthew 4:12-25, where Jesus withdraws to Galilee, begins to preach, calls His first disciples away from their nets, and confirms His kingdom authority by healing every disease and sickness brought to Him.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

CLAUDE AI.Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Often used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

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Today we read Matthew 4:1-11. Immediately after His baptism, Jesus is driven by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil — Where the first Adam failed in a garden of plenty, the second Adam stands firm in a desolate wilderness, defeating Satan with the Word of God and winning the obedience that His people could never achieve for themselves.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Today we read Matthew 3:1-13, at the Jordan, Jesus steps forward to be baptized — not because He has sinned, but to identify fully with His people and to be publicly declared by the Father as the beloved Son in whom all of God’s pleasure rests.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, Matthew: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Today we read Matthew 2:13-23, driven by a murderous king into exile, the infant Jesus relives and redeems Israel’s own history — going down into Egypt and being called out again as God’s true Son.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people.

Resources

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, Matthew: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant

Claude AI (Anthropic).Used for research assistance and textual organization.

Navigate the Way AI.Used as a study and content navigation aid, and for drafting episodes.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Today we read Matthew 2:1-12. Pagan astrologers from the East travel far to worship Israel’s newborn King, while Herod plots to destroy Him and Jerusalem’s religious leaders remain unmoved.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Today, we read Matthew 1:18-25, the birth of Immanuel.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Today we begin the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1:1-17). Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy, establishing Jesus as the Christ, the Son of David, and the Son of Abraham — the long-promised King whose coming is rooted in Israel's covenant history.

Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people

Biblography

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)

Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance

R. C. Sproul, Matthew: An Expositional Commentary

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

C. H. Spurgeon, Sermons

Digital Study and Research Tools

Logos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.

ChatGPT (OpenAI).Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.

Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.

All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound