Bob Cornwall Reviews Commentary on Mark
… at Christian Century. Of all the book reviews available, I think commentary reviews are the most valuable.
… at Christian Century. Of all the book reviews available, I think commentary reviews are the most valuable.
It is critical to note that the signs Jesus’ gives his disciples are general and vague and always contemporary. War and suffering, famine and earthquakes, persecutions and false Messiahs have not only been prevalent throughout history; they are the also to be witnessed and experienced in the present, and they will be encountered in the…
A Living Sacrifice provides a link to some material on linguistics and exegesis, particularly word studies. The articles are by Benjamin Baxter and are in the McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry. One is The Meaning of Biblical Words, and the other is Hebrew and Greek Word-Study Fallacies. I highly commend both. The key element…
I’ve had this booklet for some time and have been intending to review it. Procrastination works, however, so it hasn’t risen to the top of the pile of things to write about until now. That’s not because it isn’t interesting or useful–not at all! In fact, this book falls right into the center of my…
I previously gave an overview of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary on 1-2 Chronicles, but I’ve been spending more time with it since, reading the Hebrew text along with the commentary. While I do appreciate the NLT text on which the commentary is based, I’m not reading this for the NLT text, but rather for the…
Translation and Notes The notes below relate to and expand my podcast Jesus Strikes Back. 35In response Jesus began to teach in the temple this way: “How is it that the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? 36David said by the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my lord Sit at…
. . . at Codex. No, I’m not a participant, but it’s a source of good reading.