TY - BOOK AU - Scaer,David P. TI - The Sermon on the Mount: the church's first statement of the Gospel SN - 0570052548 (pbk.) AV - BT 380.2 S29 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - St. Louis, MO PB - Concordia Pub. House KW - Sermon on the mount KW - Commentaries N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272); Introduction -- The church's first statement of the Gospel -- The speaker of the sermon -- The Beatitudes--Christology and ecclesiology -- The presence of Christ in his church -- Old Testament as authority fulfilled in Jesus -- Necessity of reconciliation -- Adultery, evil thoughts, and excommunication -- A hard saying--the marriage ethic -- Speaking in God's presence -- Retaliation made impossible by the atonement -- The complete reconciliation -- The giving of alms--church offerings -- The rubric on prayer -- A brief treatise on fasting -- The treasures in heaven -- The total allegiance -- The little sermon within the sermon -- Life in the church -- The sacred and the holy -- Proper prayer -- The Golden rule -- The two ways -- The false prophets -- The final judgment -- Surviving the judgment -- The sermon's conclusion ER -