On The Outside Looking In

Have you ever found yourself feeling like an outsider? Matthew has 'good news'! Matthew's gospel has long been known as the gospel from a Jew, about a Jew, to the Jews, to prove Jesus as the long promised Jewish messiah. But what if the beginning of Matthew's gospel account reveals another agenda? One that subverts our expectations about the nature of this new kingdom he proclaims? What if this under this new King, in His new kingdom there are no outsiders?