A Useful Guide to Preaching Revelation
“Preach Revelation? You mean beyond a series on the seven churches? You’re crazy.”
“Preach Revelation? You mean beyond a series on the seven churches? You’re crazy.”
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I have worked through enough of this volume to offer a positive recommendation. Porter has complained that most commentaries are composed of comments on other commentaries. This is an observation that I echo as well. He has succeeded, in my opinion, in avoiding that pitfall. As would be expected, Porter is very familiar with the literature….
The purpose of the Concordia Commentary series is to serve “pastors, missionaries, and teachers of the Scriptures to convey God’s Word with greater clarity, understanding, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the text” (x). To that end, the convictions of the series are that Scripture is Trinitarian, Christ-centered, and Christological. The….
The major contribution of each volume, however, is a thorough discussion of the most important themes of the biblical book in relation to the canon as a whole. This format allows each contributor to ground biblical theology, as is proper, in an appropriate appraisal of the relevant historical and literary features of a particular book….
His preteristic leanings are clear, but his desire to provide a close reading of the text is equally clear.
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The New American Commentaries are useful volumes. The authors have worked quite deeply with the original languages, the history, and secondary literature, but they keep the exposition pretty clear of the technical details. They try to follow the flow of thought and make clear the message and theology of the passage. It is obvious, as you read them, that the authors are familiar with the deeper issues involved, but these commentaries are aimed more at students and pastors who need a clear exposition of the passage as they prepare to write papers or preach sermons on the text.
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This work contains the primary texts containing information about the presocratic philosophers, with introductory notes and commentary on the texts. He organizes the material by topic to attempt to present each thinker in an organized fashion. The beauty of this book, as opposed to other “readers,” is that McKirahan presents “most, and in many cases all, of the fragments of the philosophers discussed, as well as other important evidence on their thought” (ix). There are cases where he cannot do this, for example, Hesiod’s Theogony, which is too long for full inclusion….
This Galatians commentary is concise, well-informed, accessible, and obviously filled with an immense amount of research and thought – not only thought about Galatians’ theology, but also about methodology. Peter Oakes uses knowledge from various disciplines, such as archaeology, sociology, linguistics, and historical background to enlighten our reading of Galatians….