From the Gospel of Matthew

J. R. Miller

• Publisher: Darolt Books
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9786586145144
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Bibles

From the Gospel of Matthew is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by James Russell Miller (20 March 1840 – 2 July 1912) was a popular Christian author, Editorial Superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and pastor of several churches in Pennsylvania and Illinois.James Russell Miller was born near Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Big Traverse, which according to his biographer, John T. Faris, is a merry little mill stream which drains one of the most beautiful valleys in the southern part of Beaver County. His parents were James Alexander Miller and Eleanor Creswell who were of Irish/Scottish stock.Miller was the second child of ten, but his older sister died before he was born. James and his sisters attended the district school in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania until, when James was about fourteen, his father moved to a farm near Calcutta, Ohio. The children then went to the district school during the short winters and worked on the farm during summer.In 1857, James entered Beaver Academy and in 1862 he progressed to Westminster College, Pennsylvania, which he graduated in June 1862. Then in the autumn of that year he entered the theological seminary of the United Presbyterian Church at Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Table of contents

• Summary
• The Wise Men and the Child
• John, the Forerunner of Jesus
• The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus
• The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry
• True Blessedness
• Some Laws of the Kingdom
• Almsgiving and Prayer
• Worldliness and Trust
• The Golden Rule
• False and True Discipleship
• Jesus, the Healer
• The Power of Faith
• The Mission of the Twelve
• The Question of John the Baptist
• Warning and Invitation
• Two Sabbath Incidents
• Growing Hatred to Jesus
• The Parable of the Sower
• The Parable of the Tares
• Pictures of the Kingdom
• The Multitudes Fed
• Jesus Walks on the Sea
• The Canaanite Woman
• Peter's Confession
• The Transfiguration
• A Lesson on Forgiveness
• Jesus on the Way to Jerusalem
• The Laborers in the Vineyard
• Jesus Nearing Jerusalem
• Jesus Entering Jerusalem
• Two Parables of Judgment
• The King's Marriage Feast
• Three Questions
• The Lesson of Watchfulness
• The Wise and Foolish Virgins
• The Parable of the Talents
• The Last Judgment
• The Anointing of Jesus
• The Last Supper
• Peter's Denial
• Jesus in Gethsemane
• The Trial of Jesus
• The Crucifixion
• The Resurrection