The Sermon on the Mount commentary, about the author
Personal background
After gaining a degree in Zoology and subsequently undertaking research in palaeontology, a sudden, unanticipated, and decidedly supernatural sequence of events led the author to the Christian faith. Soon after joining a very active local church he met his wife, without whose support this web site would not have been possible. A career in Information Technology ensued, alongside which he served in various youth-work and group leading roles. Then, after sensing a clear call from the Lord, to leave his IT career and enter full time study, he gained a Diploma in Applied Theology. Growing out of his studies came a clearer understanding of how Jesus interpreted the Hebrew Bible, and a new appreciation of the Sermon on the Mount. This site was born that others might benefit from some of those insights given to him.
Inspired by the earlier chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, Bob has also drafted a book which takes Matthew 1:1-3:12 and uses the text as a tool to explore the Biblical precedents that lay behind events in first century Judea, how Christ interpreted the divine law and how that law ensured the effectiveness of the cross. The result provides significant insights into the Hebrew Bible, culminating in an Emmaus-journey-like perspective on God’s agenda for first century Palestine, and a biblical basis for Jesus’s ministry unfolded the way it did.