Summary
For readers seeking to exposit the book of Nehemiah in a lectio
continua series, T. J. Betts provides a multifaceted commentary
thoughtfully designed to aid the preacher. As such, Betts’s commentary on Nehemiah is a
valuable addition to the expositor’s library.
Summary
As a whole, Steven W. Smith’s book is a valuable contribution in an area that has received limited attention in evangelical homiletical literature. This book should serve as the go-to resource for students and pastors looking for an introduction on the role of genre for preaching.
Review of Kuruvilla, Abraham. A Vision for Preaching: Understanding the Heart of Pastoral Ministry. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015. This review was published in the Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 1, no. 1 (2016).Summary
This book uniquely gives students and pastors a strong theoretical and practical understanding of expository preaching that faithfully re-presents a biblical text and applies the text’s precise application. The importance of this book for the student and pastor is found in the reality that it is fairly easy to preach biblical truth from the pulpit when one is grounded in sound doctrine, but it is far more difficult to faithfully exposit a biblical text so that its peculiarities are seen and sensed by the congregation. A Vision for Preaching will also dissolve the mistaken notion that a preacher is faithful to his task simply because he preaches biblical truth and makes it clear and practical for the congregation. Preachers need a deeper sense of what faithful exposition entails, and Kuruvilla’s vision provides the necessary clarity to achieve expository faithfulness.
Summary
The NIV 2011 has many improvements and many regressions over the NIV 1984. While the improvements make the NIV 2011 a valid comparison Bible, the imposed egalitarianism and extreme gender-neutral translations makes this an unhelpful and perhaps misleading reading/study Bible. In the end, I cannot recommend this translation, and I actually encourage others to avoid it as a reading/study Bible. While there are many godly Christians serving on the CBT (as well as some complementarians), the committee as a whole has embraced a translation philosophy that often reflects our culture more than it reflects the biblical text. The unintended consequence of gender-neutral translations is an obscuring of the text.
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