'In this helpful book, homiletician Mike Graves and New Testament scholar David May prove to be stimulating guides for the task of preaching Matthew. Engaging the interpretive work necessary for sermon preparation (the what?), and the homiletical issues that the various text-segments raise (the how?), they offer insight, pose questions, articulate challenges, identify resources, and provoke imaginative engagement with these texts.' - Warren Carter, Saint Paul School of Theology

New Testament scholar David May and preaching professor Mike Graves combine to bring readers the 'what' and the 'how' of preaching the book of Matthew in what they call a 'socio-rhetorical homiletic.' The 'what' refers to the interpretive work necessary for sermon preparation, while the 'how' discusses the homiletical issues the various text-segments raise.