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By: The books are burning… « He is Sufficient

The books are burning… « He is Sufficient — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:25:27 +0000

[...] frankly, I’m not sure my mental curiosity could stand the focus of such a text, or any other theological monograph. And certainly none of the application-level tripe being published today would be worthy of such a [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:47:53 +0000

Don’t worry Nathan, I’m here for you.

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:41:18 +0000

Wow, you are blessed. My pastor and father both learned Greek & Hebrew in seminary but have voluntarily let it go. The only good thing about it has been that I have free access to most of their books since they aren’t using them. I really wish there were more people around with these interests, but I guess I’ll be content with those online.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:11:56 +0000

Well, my parents don’t read them straight through the way I do. She uses them to prepare teaching and my dad is a pastor.

But yes, its true.

By: Bryan L

Bryan L — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:50:26 +0000

Dang Mike!! Your mom too? So let me get this straight your dad, mom and wife all read commentaries?!! Man you’re lucky : )

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:34:03 +0000

Lincoln on Ephesians is also good, as are the two volumes on Mark, Longenecker on Galatians, and O’Brien on Colossians and Philemon – which is a shorter one.

Smalley on 1-3 John is also good, I’ve read parts and my mother has said good things about it too.

By: Bryan L

Bryan L — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:19:36 +0000

If you’re going to start with the WBC you might want to try Bauckham on Jude and 2 Peter. I hear great things about that one and it’s small. Other than that most of them seem kind of dry to me because of their format. Although I was enjoying Hartley on Leviticus.

I don’t really read commentaries much anymore. I’ll probably start after I make a significant dent in my other non-commentary books.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:24:05 +0000

Word Biblical doesn’t read quickly at all. Its quite a technical commentary. I’ve never read one from that series all the way through, though I plan on it at some point…

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:07:16 +0000

Our wives sound nothing alike, hahaha!

I’ll probably start reading the WBC commentaries once my dad drops them off on Saturday. Though they’ll likely take me awhile to actually get through completely.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:00:41 +0000

Before I go to bed, I’ll read the exposition of a paragraph or two of Biblical text. I’ve been doing that for a couple years now. My wife likes it when I read it out loud to her, too.