Book Review: Jesus's Sermon On The Mount and His Confrontation With The World by D.A. Carson

The sermon of the mount is perhaps one of the most preached places in the Bible and the most quoted. Some people take the Beatitudes and make it self-centered while ignoring some of the other things Jesus said. Some would even twist what Jesus said and make it seem He meant something different such as Matthew 7:1 where we do not judge lest we be judged.

D.A. Carson has a collection of sermons that look into the sermon on the mount as well as the three chapters following it in the gospel of the Matthew. The collection on the sermon on the mount took place in 1975 while the other sermons were collected sometime after the year 2000. The book is titled, Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World.

The first half of the book is on the sermon on the mount which Carson deals with each passage expositionally. As you read the chapters in the book, you will begin to think that you are listen to Carson whether in person or on the Internet. Carson addresses everything in the sermon on the mount from the Beatitudes to the putting the words of Jesus into practice.

The second of the book deals with Jesus confronting the world. Carson addresses Jesus authority to heal people and cause a storm to be quiet. How Jesus's mission was to preach the gospel and send out His disciples while giving them authority. Carson even talks about how Jesus can be divisive because He came not to bring peace but a sword. Many will be, and still are, divided over who Jesus is.

This book is not a commentary on the whole book of Matthew, but a good helpful aid in studying it.

Thanks Baker Books for letting me review this book.