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rossfadeinout
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   Posted 8/24/2004 4:57 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

I teach the singles Sunday School class at my church and we are about to start a study of the Gospel of Luke. So my immediate question here is what would be a good commentary for me to purchase.

And while I'm at it I would like to know what is a good commentary series.... If I get a little extra cash I would like to get a whole commentary series for my library.

Ross


"Let us remember how common the folly is of going from one faulty extreme into the opposite." -Thomas Reid

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Alan Rhoda
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   Posted 8/25/2004 2:04 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hey Ross,

I don't know much about what commentaries are out there or which ones are the best in general or on Luke in particular, I have, however, found the Life Application Bible commentaries to be quite useful for preparing group studies on Mark and James. Here's a link to Amazon.com:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0842328521/ref=pd_sim_books_1/104-2665924-0687160?v=glance&s=books

As far as commentary sets go, I think the Expositor's Bible Commentary is pretty good. It has a lot of good scholarly information and is pretty balanced all around (e.g., it's not strongly biased toward either Calvinism or Arminianism, Dispensationalism or Covenant Theology, etc.).

Again, I haven't sampled a lot of commentaries, but in my opinion you can't go far wrong with the ones I've suggested.

Hope that helps.

Alan
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borg
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   Posted 8/25/2004 8:25 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
You can't go wrong with Calvin's commentaries, Matthew Henery's, or John Owen's. They're all good, reliable, free online... and darn right amazing!

Grace to you,
Borg


"So it is a more glorious work of power to uphold a soul in a state of grace and holiness, and to carry it on till it is brought to glory, when there is so much sin remaining in the heart resisting, and Satan with all his might opposing, than it would have been to have kept manfrom falling at first, when Satan had nothing in man." Edwards

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JEE
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   Posted 8/25/2004 9:09 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:
Originally posted by borg

You can't go wrong with Calvin's commentaries, Matthew Henery's, or John Owen's. They're all good, reliable, free online... and darn right amazing!

Grace to you,
Borg



Calvin, wasn't he the one who had over 50 people put to death for things like differing from him doctrinally during his reign of terror in Geneva? Yeah, I wanna know what THAT guy was hearing from the Holy Spirit. Wink

Hey Ross,

A great free resource for commentaries is:

http://www.studylight.org

Blessings,

John


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borg
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   Posted 8/26/2004 7:24 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yeah Jee, he was a terrible sinner. I guess it's a good thing that Christ came to save horrible Christians. You have to also remember that that is when there was no seperation between church and state but that the church was the state therefore had obligations to do the like.
solus christus
borg


"So it is a more glorious work of power to uphold a soul in a state of grace and holiness, and to carry it on till it is brought to glory, when there is so much sin remaining in the heart resisting, and Satan with all his might opposing, than it would have been to have kept manfrom falling at first, when Satan had nothing in man." Edwards

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Sisters of Cain
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   Posted 8/26/2004 7:38 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:
Originally posted by borg

Yeah Jee, he was a terrible sinner. I guess it's a good thing that Christ came to save horrible Christians. You have to also remember that that is when there was no seperation between church and state but that the church was the state therefore had obligations to do the like.


The state had obligations to kill people that theologically disagreed with calvin? Why?

Since there are plenty of commentaries by Christians who didn't kill anyone, I'd pass on calvin's.
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Springs
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   Posted 8/26/2004 10:42 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I've got Wuest and Vincent on the New Testiment, The IVP Bible background commentary, and one recommended by Modes called the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. I have no idea if any of the forementioned have any connections to the state.

Springs

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JEE
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   Posted 8/26/2004 11:00 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:
Originally posted by Springs

I've got Wuest and Vincent on the New Testiment, The IVP Bible background commentary, and one recommended by Modes called the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. I have no idea if any of the forementioned have any connections to the state.

Springs

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Buy used books - Mom


All excellent suggestions. I'm pretty sure Wuest and Vincent are available online. The IVP BBC is excellent; the NT volume by Keener is only about $20 new. Haven't heard of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture; is it the one edited by Oden?


http://revivaltheology.net

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borg
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   Posted 8/26/2004 11:05 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
anything by BB Warfield is good stuff and same with John Gill's, John Lighfoot, Spurgeon, Luther, Augustine, A.W. Pink, and stuff found in the New Geneva Study Bible. These are helpful, biblical and for the most part, true. no flaky Christian jazz.
Blessings,
Borg


"So it is a more glorious work of power to uphold a soul in a state of grace and holiness, and to carry it on till it is brought to glory, when there is so much sin remaining in the heart resisting, and Satan with all his might opposing, than it would have been to have kept manfrom falling at first, when Satan had nothing in man." Edwards

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gregw
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   Posted 8/26/2004 11:14 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Check this bibliography out:
http://www.bible.org/docs/nt/books/luk/luk-bibl.htm

and this:

http://www.tms.edu/850.asp

and this:

http://www.textkit.com/a_Commentary_and_Reference_Survey__A_Comprehensive_Guide_to_Biblical_and_Theological_Resources-0825427363.html

Greg Woodard
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Springs
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   Posted 8/26/2004 11:44 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Good call JEE. Yeah, it's from InterVarsity Press, General Editor Thomas C Oden, Edited by Andrew Louth in collaboration with Marco Conti.

-S
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JEE
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   Posted 8/26/2004 12:07 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:
Originally posted by Springs

Good call JEE. Yeah, it's from InterVarsity Press, General Editor Thomas C Oden, Edited by Andrew Louth in collaboration with Marco Conti.

-S


http://www.gospelcom.net/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/review/code=1470

Looks great, but at $560, looks like I'm gonna have to maybe look in the public library and maybe put individual volumes of this on my wish list.


http://revivaltheology.net

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Ochuk
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   Posted 8/26/2004 1:34 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:
Originally posted by JEE

quote:
Originally posted by borg

You can't go wrong with Calvin's commentaries, Matthew Henery's, or John Owen's. They're all good, reliable, free online... and darn right amazing!

Grace to you,
Borg



Calvin, wasn't he the one who had over 50 people put to death for things like differing from him doctrinally during his reign of terror in Geneva? Yeah, I wanna know what THAT guy was hearing from the Holy Spirit. Wink

Hey Ross,

A great free resource for commentaries is:

http://www.studylight.org

Blessings,

John



Ad homiden. Example. JEE has has sinned against God, therefore has nothing to say about God that is true.


Read my blog at ochuk.gizzar.com

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JEE
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   Posted 8/26/2004 1:41 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:
Originally posted by Ochuk
Ad homiden. Example. JEE has has sinned against God, therefore has nothing to say about God that is true.


First, it's ad hominem. Big Smile

Second, the difference is that I have never had anyone burned at the stake simply for disagreeing with my writings. Paul said a man of God must be blameless, and yet Calvin is still held up by many as basically the greatest theologian who ever lived.


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