Note - this is the second of my sporadic posting of things (largely books!) that I would highly recommend. Previously I shared my growing love of William Gurnall's big book on the Armour of God, and I hope to share something esoteric or niche that I have discovered in my meandering readings.
I love the Bible. Hearing it preached, reading it for myself, talking about it, writing about it, praying with/through/around it. As someone who also loves theology, I've come into contact with a variety of commentaries over the years, and am gradually building up a collection. I'm grateful to circumstance that I have a complete set of John Calvin's superb commentaries, as well as a selection of full bible commentaries/guides (Peakes, IVP's New Bible, Matthew Henry, The Oxford Companion and Pawsons Omnibus, for those of you who are interested). The rest of my collection consists of a reasonable number of miscellaneous ones, several of IVP's "Bible Speaks Today", the N.T.Wright "For Everyone" series (and a couple of John Goldingay's OT ones), some from the Geneva series, and a few of the 'Blacks New Testament Commentary'. I love collecting them, and keep an eye out in charity and second hand bookshops.
It was in a second hand bookshop that I discovered the first of a series I am hoping to eventually own all of - The Welwyn Commentary. These are solidly Evangelical, Reformed, and completely focused on the text. They are not as academically and critically engaged as some - but this is a help as it means the authors can focus fully on the clear meaning of the text. This is not to say that they are not rigorous and scholarly, but in a similar vein to IVP's 'BST's', they are primarily for the preacher and for the Christian. I have found Stuart Olyott's commentary on Romans particularly helpful - he has an eye for the text that enables him to make observations that my other Romans Commentaries (Barth, Barrett, Stott, Calvin, Wright) don't make, and he is full of helpful pastoral application.
The Welwyn Commentaries were originally published a little while ago now, but they remain in print - though it is not clear whether or not this is for the whole series or for individual volumes. I have acquired my copies from a roughly 50/50 mix of Amazon and shops, with the former being more likely to produce a copy in mint condition or newly printed. I'd highly recommend this series of commentaries, despite the rather dated covers and design, as being a goldmine of helpful comment on Scripture. If I ever end up in a form of ministry where I would have the honour of preaching God's Word, then these would be close to hand as a heart-warmup in preparation.
Speaking of Amazon, you can click this link to find lots of them, and some are available as kindle editions. You can also find their Evangelical Press page here, or look at the Logos Complete edition (at an eye-watering price!) here.
I love the Bible. Hearing it preached, reading it for myself, talking about it, writing about it, praying with/through/around it. As someone who also loves theology, I've come into contact with a variety of commentaries over the years, and am gradually building up a collection. I'm grateful to circumstance that I have a complete set of John Calvin's superb commentaries, as well as a selection of full bible commentaries/guides (Peakes, IVP's New Bible, Matthew Henry, The Oxford Companion and Pawsons Omnibus, for those of you who are interested). The rest of my collection consists of a reasonable number of miscellaneous ones, several of IVP's "Bible Speaks Today", the N.T.Wright "For Everyone" series (and a couple of John Goldingay's OT ones), some from the Geneva series, and a few of the 'Blacks New Testament Commentary'. I love collecting them, and keep an eye out in charity and second hand bookshops.
It was in a second hand bookshop that I discovered the first of a series I am hoping to eventually own all of - The Welwyn Commentary. These are solidly Evangelical, Reformed, and completely focused on the text. They are not as academically and critically engaged as some - but this is a help as it means the authors can focus fully on the clear meaning of the text. This is not to say that they are not rigorous and scholarly, but in a similar vein to IVP's 'BST's', they are primarily for the preacher and for the Christian. I have found Stuart Olyott's commentary on Romans particularly helpful - he has an eye for the text that enables him to make observations that my other Romans Commentaries (Barth, Barrett, Stott, Calvin, Wright) don't make, and he is full of helpful pastoral application.
The Welwyn Commentaries were originally published a little while ago now, but they remain in print - though it is not clear whether or not this is for the whole series or for individual volumes. I have acquired my copies from a roughly 50/50 mix of Amazon and shops, with the former being more likely to produce a copy in mint condition or newly printed. I'd highly recommend this series of commentaries, despite the rather dated covers and design, as being a goldmine of helpful comment on Scripture. If I ever end up in a form of ministry where I would have the honour of preaching God's Word, then these would be close to hand as a heart-warmup in preparation.
Speaking of Amazon, you can click this link to find lots of them, and some are available as kindle editions. You can also find their Evangelical Press page here, or look at the Logos Complete edition (at an eye-watering price!) here.
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