Lectionary - Matthew's Gospel

This coming Advent we will again embark on a year of reading Matthew’s Gospel at our principal services. Matthew is often considered important for its presentation of Jesus' teaching (most notably in the Sermon on the Mount). It also seeks to present Jesus as the fulfilment of the Old Testament traditions, which gives it a distinctive theological flavour and offers interesting questions on how Christians should relate to the Hebrew Bible. Matthew also has a strongly apocalyptic theological underpinning, which can make for challenging reading for contemporary readers. Matthew has a distinctive voice among the Gospels, and this workshop will aim to help us draw out that voice in preaching.

This workshop is part of the LLM continuing development programme, but is also open to clergy and others. Led by Rev’d Dr Roger Latham, Vicar of Malvern Priory, it will look at Matthew's shape, theme, and theology, and how these can connect with the concerns and questions of our congregations.

Roger was a student of literature to postgraduate level before ordination, and spent 15 years as a full-time theological educator specialising in literary approaches to the Bible (which were the focus of his doctoral research). He is also a passionate amateur military historian and wargamer, self-confessed Tolkien geek and steampunk.

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