Easter Wednesday Year A

ASTER WEDNESDAY

Matthew 2.1–12

We are now going to do something rather different. We have followed the story which Matthew tells, the story of Jesus from before his birth to after his resurrection. But Matthew was of course writing for Christians who already knew more or less ‘what happened’. They were already people who believed in Jesus, that he had died to rescue them from sin and death, that he had been raised again and was now the world’s true Lord. How would they then read Matthew’s gospel, not just as a faithful...

Taken from Lent For Everyone – Matthew Year A by Tom Wright (2011)

Published by SPCK

For resources that accompany this book visit http://bigbible.org.uk/

The #BigRead2011: meeting together in housegroups to read the Bible,
making use of Tom Wright's Matthew for Lent with opportunities to go
much bigger and much more creative and join in online (inter)nationally.
From quiet sitting rooms with Bibles and books, to coffee shops and
internet chatrooms across the world.