My chosen title shouldn’t alert you to my reflections on News stories of the last year Albert Mohler is a good place to go for that. Neither should you come here expecting to read about the controverted topics in the smaller world of Evangelicalism (e.g. the overdone saga of Rob Bell’s book – after all W.G. Scroggie, J. Wenham, J. Stott had issues with Hell too). These have their place, but I often find them somewhat boring. And anyway, …
Category: Bibliographies
It’s about time I returned to this series recommending commentaries. There are also lists on John, Romans, Matthew, and Genesis, plus my Introduction. 1. Harold Hoehner – A massive book with an impressive argument for Pauline authorship and extremely detailed in the exegesis department. There is room for him to survey all the options and argue for his choices. One of the best commentaries on any Book. 2. Clinton Arnold (ZECNT)– A very good commentary, pitched just below the …
Commentaries on the Book of Genesis are ten-a-penny. But some of them are too concerned with ANE parallels that they forget to teach the Book itself. Some are over speculative, while others too critical and unbelieving. The pastor who wants to get at the meat without spitting out too many bones might do worse than study the following: 1. Kenneth A. Mathews (NAC) – These two volumes are the best thing I have read on the text of Genesis. They …
Here are my personal picks for the most profitable commentaries on Matthew. I favor a modified ‘Dispensational’ approach to the book which takes seriously the way Matthew provides lines of continuity and discontinuity with the Old Testament. But I have little problem with including studies which do not handle eschatological issues as satisfactorily as I would like. There is, after all, more to Matthew than eschatology: 1. Donald A. Hagner (WBC) – This was a hard choice as I don’t …
The Best Commentaries on Romans: Remember, this list has preachers primarily in mind: 1. Douglas Moo (NICNT) – Somewhat dense, which may hinder readers somewhat, but interaction with the text and the literature is very impressive. Deals well with the ‘new perspective’, and even manages some applications (but see Moo’s contribution to the NIVAC series). His Introduction is on the short side, but there are numerous excurses. Not all will like his treatment of Chapter 7. 2. Thomas Schreiner (BECNT) …
I said in my first post in this series that I am not primarily interested in writing commentary lists for would-be scholars. The audience I have in mind are pastors and Bible teachers who are concerned about what these books mean and how their meaning can be brought to bear on contemporary living. The question I am concerned to answer is, “How will these people be most helped?” For this reason some will not agree with my recommendations. Most Christians …
There are many commentary booklists around nowadays. Some are very useful, others less so. This series of posts will contain my personal appraisals of Bible commentaries on individual books, beginning in the next installment with the Gospel of John. I have in view the God-called preacher, not the would-be scholar. For this reason my opinions will at times cross those of such luminaries as D.A. Carson and Craig A. Evans. I could not hold a candle to these men as …
This list of books is for those believers who wish to dig more deeply into their faith without getting bogged down in a load of footnotes and scholarly conjecture. Some of these works will make demands of the reader, but nothing is listed which will be beyond the average mature Christian reader. …
This booklist is meant to serve those believers who are either new to the faith or are not used to reading and may feel inhibited at the prospect of beginning to study or at a loss as to what pick up and read in a day when we are awash with Christian books. I should say immediately that there must be a willingness to read good books. We live in a day when many Christians are reluctant to take advice …
The Apologetics Study Bible, Ted Cabal, General Editor, Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishing, Hbk, 2007. At the risk of showing my age, I can remember a time when considering which Study Bible to purchase was an easy affair. One had only a few to choose from: Scofield, Thompson, Nave, and a few more. Well, those days are well and truly gone.What is one to make of the current situation?Options fill out the pages of Bible catalogs.Within the long lists of …
