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1. ( Matthew 16:1-4) The Sadducees and the Pharisees seek a sign from Jesus. Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today ...
David Guzik. David Guzik is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, California. Before that he served as director and teacher at Calvary Chapel Bible College, Germany, following more than 20 years of pastoral ministry. He currently serves now as the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara. David has been happy to be part of the Blue ...
Dec 3, 2008 · A domesticated Jesus embraces the culture’s values without challenging them; He is a “safe” Jesus who is no threat to the established way of doing things. Yet Christ did not come into the world to be “nice” or “safe,” and the Jesus we find in the Gospels cannot be domesticated. He brings a salvation that turns our values upside-down.
1. ( Matthew 19:1-2) Jesus heads towards Judea and Jerusalem. Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there. a.
- I. Types of Commentaries
- Commentaries from Different Theological Perspectives
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Sermonic commentaries
Some commentaries are printed or reworked sermons. A pastor, or even an intrepid Sunday School teacher, who knows he wants to preach or teach on Ephesians in the future might do some advance preparation by reading Lloyd-Jones on Ephesians (eight volumes). However, sermon series like these are often too lengthy to be used during weekly lesson or sermon preparation. Smaller sermonic commentaries, such as those in the Preach the Word or Reformed Expository Commentary series, can help orient the...
Expositional commentaries
Other biblical commentaries are expositional in nature while not being themselves sermons. The Bible Speaks Today and Focus on the Bible series contain brief expositional commentaries that could be read from beginning to end like a normal book. These commentaries are especially helpful for orienting the preacher or teacher to a large book like Jeremiah or Ezekiel. This type of commentary is also helpful for making sense of historical books in which understanding the development of the narrati...
Homiletical commentaries
Other commentaries, often designated homiletical commentaries, are designed to help with sermon or lesson preparation. The Teach the Text seriesdivides the text into preaching units and seeks to provide the kind of information that a preacher needs to explain a text without including the kinds of more detailed discussions that primarily interest scholars.
In addition to knowing the different kinds of commentaries available, pastors and teachers should be aware of the theological bent of the major commentary series.
A great place to look for commentary recommendations for a given Bible book is bestcommentaries.com. The commentaries are ranked by experts, and there are icons letting you know if a given volume is available in Bible software such as Logos. Other helpful lists include Ligonier’s annotated listing of the five best commentaries for each book of the ...
Sep 4, 2019 · Others have been warned that commentaries present a direct danger to their personal Bible study. Naysayers caution Christians that reading the words of others may prevent them from thinking their own thoughts and coming to their own conclusions about Scripture. The vital steps of observing the text and interpreting it for ourselves, they worry ...
Jan 21, 2008 · First, let’s define what a commentary is: Commentaries are books that contain comments (observations) on the biblical text. Usually the comments are arranged in verse order, that is, in the same order as the text of the Bible. Occasionally I’m asked by both seminary students and people at church about the use of commentaries in one’s ...
