The Sermon on the Mount: A General Introduction to Scientific Christianity in the Form of a Spiritual Key to Matthew V, VI and VII [Hardcover]

Emmet Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1970

What did Jesus teach? Distilled from years of study and lecture, affirmed by nearly a million readers over the last fifty years, Emmet Fox's answer in The Sermon on the Mount is simple. The Bible is a "textbook of metaphysics" and the teachings of Jesus express--without dogma--a practical approach for the development of the soul and for the shaping of our lives into what we really wish them to be. For Fox, Jesus was "no sentimental dreamer, no mere dealer in empty platitudes, but the unflinching realist that only a great mystic can be." In his most popular work, Emmet Fox shows how to: Understand the true nature of divine wisdom. Tap into the power of prayer. Develop a completely integrated and fully expressed personality. Transform negative attitudes into life-affirming beliefs. Claim our divine right to the full abundance of life.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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From the Publisher

Practical ideas for leading a fuller, richer life of harmony and success; presents an intelligent understanding of the nature of divine wisdom and shows how to achieve health, happiness, and prosperity.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins (January 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060629509
• ISBN-13: 978-0060629502
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,025,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Emmet Fox (1886-1951) was one of the most popular and influential spiritual leaders of the twentieth century and the author of many books, including The Sermon on the Mount and The Ten Commandments.

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You don't have to be Christian to love this book, November 28, 1999

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This review is from: The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life and The Lord's prayer, an Interpretation (Hardcover)

Extremely popular with early members of Alcoholics Anonymous (who derived their philosophies from The Oxford Groups, a Christian sect around the turn of the century). I can recommend this book to Christians who welcome a fresh insight into some of Christ's teachings, as well as to (we) non-Christians who wish to benefit from the wisdom found in the Beatitudes and Lord's Prayer without feeling shut out because we do not profess to accept Christ as savior. Readers may recognize the influence and some of the terms of Christian Science and other beliefs popular at the time this book was written; they can be a little unfamiliar, but this book is truly a treasure.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a major catalyst for starting Prayer & Miracles, April 29, 1999

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Damian - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life and The Lord's prayer, an Interpretation (Hardcover)

Emmet fox was one of the great spiritualists of our time. The funny thing was he was not of our time. He was not of my time anyway. This was written in the thirties and I still had to grow up with the dualism of common Christianity. This book shares with us what we know in our heats to be true about the teachings of Christ. That is follow his teachings and you will experience the kingdom of God within you. Not because your going to go to hell if you don't. I always wrestled with the idea of a God who needed to be worshiped. A God who was an unconditional all loving God but would condemn and send us to eternal pain and suffering. Emmet helps us understand that our birthright is the power of God and that we have the free will to accept it. If we had to accept it or go to hell then I don't quite see the free will in that. For all who are struggling with a religion that teaches fear of God you will find hope in this book.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little book on success and correct way of praying, February 5, 2005

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This review is from: The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life and The Lord's prayer, an Interpretation (Hardcover)

This is the most wonderful interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount I have yet found. I have read this small book many years ago, but its words have become engraved on my mind and in my heart and it has had a profound impact upon my life.

It deals with spiritual truths, which many people recite through prayer daily, but don't give it much thought. This little book points out in a very clear way, all the elements of not only praying in a way that the prayers are answered, but of creating a successful life - and developing attitude, character and consciousness that brings about that success.

This book has in its own way changed the way I looked upon my relationship with God and my relationship with abundance and one's "daily bread". It has also kept me aware that if one desires to open the way, before the person even begins to pray, the person first needs to cleanse his mind and heart, and forgive anyone toward whom he holds any form of unforgiveness (including himself).