Mark (Swindoll’s Living Insights New Testament Commentary)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Mark’s Gospel is fast-paced and action-packed. In this volume, Chuck unpacks both Jesus’ story and how Mark wants his readers to see themselves in this story. “From beginning to end, we will see the Master preparing His disciples and then propelling them forward to encounter challenges they felt ill-prepared to meet.” The 15-volume Swindoll’s Living Insights New Testament Commentary series draws on Gold Medallion Award–winner Chuck Swindoll’s 50 years of experience with studying and preaching God’s Word. His deep insight, signature easygoing style, and humor bring a warmth and practical accessibility not often found in commentaries. Each volume combines verse-by-verse commentary, charts, maps, photos, key terms, and background articles with practical application. The newly updated volumes now include parallel presentations of the NLT and NASB before each section. This series is a must-have for pastors, teachers, and anyone else who is seeking a deeply practical resource for exploring God’s Word.
Top Highlights
“We gain a second insight by focusing on the scribes: The earliest signs of a critical spirit are hidden and unspoken. This malignancy begins deep down in the hidden recesses of the heart, where it grows unnoticed. Unless it is treated like a cancer—aggressively hunted and eradicated—a critical spirit becomes deadly. As the proverb urges, ‘Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life’ (Prov. 4:23).” (Page 61)
“Mark indicates that Bartimaeus responded to the miracle by following Jesus. The imperfect tense of ‘following’ is what grammar experts call an ‘ingressive imperfect,’ meaning that the subject started something and then continued on. Bartimaeus began following that very day and continued for the rest of his life.” (Page 290)
“for trust to eclipse our panic, we must learn the value of delay.” (Page 140)
“Like proselyte baptism, John’s baptism was an outward symbol of inward devotion to God, submission to His will, and identity with the people of Israel. This was the appropriate way for John, the forerunner, to complete his mission: by officially presenting the Messiah and then stepping aside.” (Page 20)
“For reasons known only among the three persons of the Trinity, God’s plan to save humanity and to transform the world involves people. He seeks and invites disciples. He calls ordinary men and women, like you and me, to become students of His person and His work and then, through a lifelong process of internal renovation, to become responsible agents of His redemptive plan.” (Page 11)
