Excerpt: In this essay, I wish to pay respect to Dr. Barton\u27s important contribution to the theological study of the Gospels by looking at the Gospel of Matthew with a similar interest in the First Gospel\u27s spirituality. In his chapter on Matthew, Barton rightly notes Matthew\u27s interest in discipleship, righteousness, purity/integrity, and radical love. To this we will add Matthew\u27s interest in \u27faith\u27. In the study of the Synoptic Gospels in particular, despite the ubiquity of the language of faith, there has been little study of this subject. When it comes to the spirituality of the Gospels, though, there can hardly be a more important concept related to the human response to God than faith
