Holman Concise Bible Commentary
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Overview
Sometimes a multi-volume commentary tells you more than you need to know. Sometimes you just want one place to go that’s simple and straightforward. You want the Holman Concise Bible Commentary—where superior Bible scholarship from some of today’s leading evangelical minds comes packaged in helpings much easier to consume.
- Overviews of large sections, like the Gospels and Paul’s letters
- Maps that put your finger on the path of biblical history
- Charts that organize information for fast retrieval
- Sidebars that take you a little more in-depth Add an extra level of depth and authority to your lessons, sermons, and personal devotional time with the Holman Concise Bible Commentary
Top Highlights
“In using the term ‘Word’ (logos), John was using a term familiar to both Jews and Greeks, though each attributed a different meaning to the term. For the Greek mind the ‘Word’ referred to the rational principle that supervised or governed the universe. To the Jew, ‘Word’ was a reference to God. Thus John wanted to equate the ‘Word’ with God while noting that the Word was distinct from the Father. John stated that Jesus was with God ‘in the beginning’ and that through Christ ‘all things were made.’ Jesus is therefore seen as co-eternal with God and as the Creator.” (Page 466)
“Belief, of course, means far more than mere intellectual assent. Rather, it means placing one’s life and trust in complete surrender to the one in whom you believe.” (Pages 468–469)
“Disciples must be salt and light, arresting decay and providing illumination for a lost and dying world.” (Page 408)
“Professions of faith without appropriate changes of lifestyle prove empty.” (Page 409)
“the enabling nature of truth that resists lying and false doctrine” (Page 580)
David S. Dockery is President of Union University in Jackson, TN. In 2002 he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Dockery is a consulting editor for Christianity Today. He received a B. A. from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, a Masters from Grace Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Texas Christian University. He holds a Ph. D. in Humanities from the University of Texas. He has published numerous articles and book reviews and is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, including Interpreting the New Testament, Biblical Interpretation Then and Now also in the Baker Hermeneutics Collection (14 Vols.), and Theologians of the Baptist Tradition which is also included in the Broadman & Holman Baptist History Collection (11 Vols.).
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