Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching offers a full interpretation of the biblical text, combining historical scholarship and theological purpose. It brings an understanding of what the text says into dialogue with the critical questions and problems of contemporary life and faith. Interpretation revives the neglected art of expository writing that explains the books of the Bible as the Holy Scripture of a church active at worship and work. Teachers, preachers, and all serious students of the Bible will find here an interpretation that takes serious hermeneutical responsibility for the contemporary meaning and significance of the biblical text.

Commenting on First John, Martin Luther made this eloquent and true statement: "This is an outstanding Epistle. It can buoy up afflicted hearts. Furthermore, it has John's style and manner of expression, so beautifully and gently does it picture Christ to us."

Now in its 8th edition, Anatomy of the New Testament is one of the most trust-worthy and enduring introductory textbooks of its kind. Its authors bring literary and historical approaches to the New Testament together, offering a comprehensive and accessible approach that appeals to students at all levels. Visually appealing and well-designed this compact edition has been designed for today’s student, and is illustrated with engaging images, refreshed maps, and updated bibliographies that make the textbook enjoyable to read and easy to teach. The stand-out pedagogical features have been updated as well, updated for new advances in biblical scholarship and the needs of today’s student: Have You Learned it? Offering questions for analysis and reflection; What Do They Mean? Presenting definitions for key terms to enhance student comprehension and critical thinking.

D. Moody Smith lucidly explains the theological ideas of the Gospel of John, one of the most important documents of the New Testament. He concentrates on its presentation of Jesus as the Christ, and deals also with such topics as God, the scriptures, the Church, and the spirit. These topics are related insofar as possible to the specific setting in which the Gospel was written, since one cannot understand such theological concepts in the abstract. The book is an ideal introduction to the question of the origin of the Gospel of John as well as its theology.

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Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching offers a full interpretation of the biblical text, combining historical scholarship and theological purpose. This four volume collection includes the resources covering the General Epistles and Revelation and brings an understanding of what each text says into dialogue with the critical questions and problems of contemporary life and faith. Interpretation revives the neglected art of expository writing that explains the books of the Bible as the Holy Scripture of a church active at worship and work. Teachers, preachers, and all serious students of the Bible will find here an interpretation that takes serious hermeneutical responsibility for the contemporary meaning and significance of the biblical text.The commentaries deal with whole portions or sections of text that are used in teaching and preaching rather than with individual verses and words. Exegetical study and hermeneutical reflection are integrated into one...

The 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (L) helps you plan an expositional sermon series with a trifecta of core resources in each of the Expository Preaching Kits: commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and sermon outlines. Each kit includes commentaries from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) and the Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (POSB), as well as reference resources like The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments, and Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible . This kit includes everything in 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (M) plus additional resources like The Epistles of John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament | NICNT), Practical Illustrations: 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Augustine's Homilies on the First Epistle of John, and more.

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The Wesleyan Diamond Library makes your study of the Bible easier by connecting your entire library of books to a robust set of study tools. The Wesleyan Diamond Library takes everything in the Wesleyan Platinum Library and adds even more to your library, with scholarly series like Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary | AYBD (6 vols.), Socio-Rhetorical Commentary Series Collection | SRC (10 vols.), Christian History Magazine, Issues 1-140, and Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible | HERM (55 vols.). With over 2200 volumes of advanced biblical reference works, this is an ideal package for anyone doing academic research or advanced exegesis.

The 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (M) helps you plan an expositional sermon series with a trifecta of core resources in each of the Expository Preaching Kits: commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and sermon outlines. Each kit includes commentaries from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) and the Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (POSB), as well as reference resources like The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments, and Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible . This kit includes everything in 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (S) plus resources like 1,2,3 John (Mentor Expository Commentary | MEC), 1, 2 & 3 John (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary | SHBC), Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon, and more.