As gospels go this is my favourite in all the year—and not just because I get to watch all your faces fall when you hear those words of Matthew’s: “A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham…” The mind-numbing litany we get today hardly seems a good way for Matthew to open …
Daily Archives: December 17th, 2003
17th December
I get a great view up here of your faces when those first words of Matthew’s ring out: “A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham…” And it’s not a pretty sight. The mind-numbing litany that follows hardly seems the way for Matthew to begin his gospel, his one attempt at Good …