Introduction: The Law of Love in Matthew's Gospel

Abstract

This issue brings together a range of voices that speak to the justice of God as illustrated in Matthew's portrait of Jesus and how judgment is often a facet of tht justice. Though the God of all creaation is unreservedly for all that God has created, Jesus tells us that there are dire consequences for living in ways that are not in harmony with God's care for the most vulnerable, both among humanity and in the creation itself.