Galatians is a responsive text - Paul believed that this was a make-or-break time for the full acceptance of his mission and ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ for gentiles, so he did not shy away from speaking his mind. Before we can digest the message of the letter to the Galatians for our own lives today, we must first make sense of why Paul wrote wha… Read more…
Mark's Gospel is highly subversive and challenges disciples in ways that are unique from the other three accounts of Jesus' ministry. His narrative addresses Christian audiences who know Jesus' teaching and who have made a Christian confession but who are failing to grasp the character of the gospel as thoroughly shaped be the cross of Christ. … Read more…
Chronicles tells the story of kingship and life in the kingdom, with joyful worship of God at its center. While the lives and exploits of Davidic kings will be rehearsed and principles for kingdom-living will be expounded, Chronicles is ultimately God’s story. The Lord God is gloriously enthroned in the heavens, and he rules as king over all the nations. H… Read more…
The book of Kings tells the story of many failures: how Solomon’s sin led to the division of the monarchy, how Jeroboam’s sin plagued the Northern Kingdom for centuries, and how persistent apostasy resulted in exile for both the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Why would anyone want to read such a depressing story? Because one can learn a lot from failure  Read more…
The book of Ruth presents a compelling account of how most of us experience God in our everyday lives. We see God working indirectly behind the scenes, giving us a theology of divine and human cooperation, as those who pray for God’s blessings participate in answering their own petitions as well as the prayers of others. In Esther’s story, we recognize o… Read more…
The story of Numbers alternates between the heights of obedience and hope and the lows of rebellion and despair. The heights open and close the book and mirror one another like twin majestic peaks (1:1–10:10; 26:1–36:13). The lows occur in between like a dry desert valley that seems to stretch on forever (10:11–25:18). But the peaks and the valley work… Read more…
In ancient times, Leviticus was the first biblical book with which Jewish children began their education. According to the rabbis, there are 613 laws in the Torah, and nearly half of them are contained in Leviticus. And yet it also contains narrative, making the book's genre something like an "instructional history" and indicating that the instruction ca… Read more…
Exodus' place within the story of God is defined by its record of God's greatest act of redemption until the cross and resurrection of Christ. Its concluding picture of God in all his blessing and glory dwelling in the midst of his people will spark the faith and vision of the concluding picture of the whole Bible.
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Revelation is a book that many Christians find confusing due to the foreign nature of its apocalyptic imagery. It is a book that has prompted endless discussions about the "end times" with theological divisions forming around epicenters such as the rapture and the millennium.
In this book, award-winning author Gordon Fee attempts to excava… Read more…
While the message of the Bible remains the same, different insights may add new light. In this commentary attempt is made to interact with the text of the letters of John, especially as we have it in the Greek New Testament. The meaning of the word is not seen as the end but only as the basis upon which to relate the message to the present needs of the churc… Read more…
While there are many commentaries written today, most have been products of Euro-American scholars who have sought to address questions and concerns of the western church. The New Covenant Commentary Series (NCCS) has provided an opportunity for scholars from the non-majority communities in Biblical Studies to engage fully with NT writings without bracketing… Read more…
A thorough and insightful commentary on Paul's letter to his coworker Timothy, which the apostle wrote before and during Nero's persecution. Spencer carefully examines each part of the letter and relates it to the overall flow of the argument and in light of the larger biblical, historical, social, and cultural contexts. How Paul's writing relate… Read more…
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