This series of commentaries on the New English Bible is designed for use in schools and colleges, and for the minister and the layman. Each volume comments on one book, or a few short books, of the Bible, and in each the text is given in full.
This series of commentaries on the New English Bible is designed for use in schools and tarining colleges, and for the minister and the layman. It replaces the old Cambridge Bible for Schools. Each volume comments on one book, or two or three short books, of the Bible, beginning with the New Testament.
In the first pages of this commentary, then, we shall consider the background of Hebrews, for which we can draw upon the knowledge of many scholars about the history and thought of the ancient world, including that of early Christianity. Then we shall turn to the text of the letter, and study it in some detail.
This series of commentaries on the New English Bible is designeed for use in schools and colleges, and for the minister and the layman . Each volume comments on one book, or part , of the Bible.
This series of commentaries on the New English Bible is designeed for use in schools and colleges, and for the minister and the layman. Each volume comments on one book, or a few short books, of the Bible, and in each the text is given in full.
The series is prefaced by a volume - Understanding the New Testament - which outlines the larger historical background, says something about the growth and transmission of the next, and answer the question 'Why should we study the New Testament?' Another volume - New Testament Illustations - contains maps, diagrams and photographs.
The Bible Speaks Today describes a series of both Old Testament and New Testament expositions, which are characterized by a threefold ideal : to expound the biblical text with accuracy , to relate it to contemporary life, and to be readable. These book are, therefore, not 'commentaries', for the commentary seeks rather to elucidate the text than to apply it, and tends to be a work rather of re…
The Book of Acts, John Stott believes, is important not only for its vivid historical record. It is also vital for the inspiration which it brings us now. Today's church can seek to recapture something of the early confidence, enthusiasm, vision and power that the church of the first century had. Despite all its imperfections and troubles, the young church clearly had been overwhelmed by the Ho…
This book was chosen by the Trustees of the Evangelical Literature Trust as their '1980 Bonus Book' for free distribution to same two thousand members of third-world 'Pastors Book Club's sponsored by the Trust. For Ephesians is the gospel of the church. It sets forth God's eternal purpose to create through Jesus Christ a new society which stands out in bright relief against the sombre backgroun…
This is the most personally rooted of John Stot's expositions, for he confesses to having re-encountered Paul's letter constantly throughout his Christian life.