Matthew (Expository Thoughts on the Gospels) (Expository Thoughts on the Gospels)

by J.C. Ryle

Book Overview

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. - Matthew 7:24Wisdom, encouragement, and exhortation is contained in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851514839
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: Banner of Truth
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

Matthew Ryle

This book was written before 1900. But this book is new and releveant to this age. I admire the authers knowledge and deep understanding of the message of this Gospel.I think that this book is standard and necessary commentary for all pastors and teachers of the Bible. I want to recommend this book to my fellow collagues.

Working Through the Meat of the Word

J.C. Ryle's Expository thoughts on the gospel of Matthew is indeed a classic in every way. Ryle is not writing to apease the flesh but to kill it (Romans 6:11). He writes with the true passion that so marked the saints of the 19th century. How we need more Ryle's today in the pulpit and on the floors of our churches seeking God in prayer and true worship. This work focuses on the gospel of Matthew. Ryle doesn't take too much time to dive into the backgrounds of the text or even the Greek structure but his writing is more devotional in nature. Theologically he is a Calvinist but he avoids hyper-Calvinism and maintains an evangelical faith throughout the book. This book is great devotional reading as you work through the gospel of Matthew. Oh that these expository thoughts on the gospels were in the top lists of Christian's reading today! Great reading from a great Christian.

Solid food for the soul.

J. C. Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels is solidly Evangelical and Biblical. The expositions are short, and easy to read in a devotional setting. In Ryle's own words,"In each Exposition I have generally begun by stating as briefly as possible the main scope and purpose of the passage under consideration. I have then selected two, three, or four prominent points in the passage, singled them out from the rest, dwelt exclusively on them, and endeavoured to enforce them plainly and vigorously on the reader's attention." (From the Preface to the Expository Thoughts on Matthew.) The Expository Thoughts will give you a good grounding in the Gospels. The Banner of Truth edition is a facsimile reprint and the edition I prefer. It has footnotes that are often left out of some of the more "modernized" abridged reprints. Those footnotes can be a gold mine in themselves.