Title: Straight to
the Heart Series; 60 Bite-Sized Insights
New Testament: “Matthew”
Author: Phil Moore
Publisher: Monarch
Books
Pages: 270
Could
you use a devotional on the Book of Matthew that brings encouraging
insights? When was the last time you
read Matthew in the New Testament? Well,
let me encourage you with this 60 Bite-Sized Insights book. Unlike other books, the insights include how
the Lord taught the author the truths presented in scripture. The reader should understand this author
didn’t attempt in any way to cover each passage or all that can be unearthed in
each chapter of Matthew.
Phil
Moore shares his journey as he studied and applied what he learned in the New
Testament from the book of Matthew. In
his book, he breaks Matthew down into Prologue, Acts 1 through 5 and ending
with an Epilogue. Each devotional
insight is centered on Matthew’s theme of Kingdom, which Matthew wrote for his
Jewish audience in the first century.
While it may seem to be a long time ago, and it is, there are commands
which we must be reminded of if we are citizens of the Kingdom of God.
Included
in this book are some ways that Phil was taught to think differently than in
the past as he studied and unearthed scripture lessons. Along with all this, we learn how Jesus loved
people and reached out to them as He does today. Phil Moore, while being an author, is also a
pastor of a church in London, an evangelist and a Bible teacher.
The
Gospel of Matthew has much to teach us not only about the Kingdom, but also about
the people of Jesus day, which should encourage us today. For example on page 52 we read: “The twelve
disciples show us that no one is too talentless
to follow Jesus, because the Great Teacher is able to find potential in any of
his pupils.” How encouraging is
that? I think it encourages a whole lot,
and should also propel us to be available to do whatever Jesus calls us to do. So grab the devotional and your Bible, sit
down and sit at the feet of the Master who loves us all so much He died for
us. Then, He arose so we can be
reconciled to God. Now how awesome is
that?
