How much do you know about the Gospel that opens the New Testament? Nothing that Matthew writes is there by accident, and we’ll be looking carefully at Matthew’s use of prophecy and Old Testament narratives. We’ll ask who Matthew was, and who he was writing for. We’ll look at some of the overlaps with the other three accounts, and also at the great significance of those parts of the Gospel that are unique to Matthew. Most of all, we will ask God to speak to us through Matthew so that we can share his deep understanding of the life, the love, the person and the power of Jesus.
Who's speaking?
Elaine Storkey
Elaine Storkey is an academic, author, broadcaster, and former President of Tearfund. A member of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Fellow of Aberystwyth University, she has taught in UK universities and overseas, including USA, Canada, India, Haiti, and Ethiopia. For ten years she directed the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity and has made a number of film and radio documentaries. She has served on the C of E ‘s General Synod, on Archbishops’ commissions and numerous councils. Author of 9 books, hundreds of articles and SU notes, her most recent book is a 2022 commentary on Matthew’s Gospel entitled 'Meeting God in Matthew'.
