NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2015-2016
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday school class and personal study or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Standard Lesson Commentaries combine thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions to provide 52 weeks of lessons in a single volume.
In the Logos edition, this volume is enhanced by amazing functionality. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform powerful searches to find exactly what you’re looking for. Take the discussion with you using tablet and mobile apps. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.
- Provides Verse-by-verse explanations, detailed lesson backgrounds, discussion starters, quarterly quizzes, teacher tips, maps, and charts.
- Prepares heart and mind for teaching with a daily Bible reading plan
- Includes pronunciation guide for difficult words
- Adapts to any class size, large or small
- Uses the International Sunday School Lessons (ISSL) curriculum
- Fall Quarter 2015: The Christian Community Comes Alive (Acts)
- Winter Quarter 2015-2016: Sacred Gifts and Holy Gatherings (Pentateuch, Song of Solomon, Hosea, Micah, Gospels)
- Spring Quarter 2016: The Gift of Faith (Mark, Luke)
- Summer Quarter 2016: Toward a New Creation (Genesis, Psalms, Zephaniah, Romans)
Top Highlights
“Second, children are receptive to new things and fresh teaching.” (Page 325)
“Despite the importance of the man’s question, it is flawed. When he asks what must I do? he wrongly presumes that the life of God’s age of fulfillment is something that he can obtain by his own actions.” (Page 243)
“Paul now explains the baptism/death analogy. The key connection is the image of burial. Only dead people are buried. Since baptism is a type of burial, it therefore must involve a death—the death is the sinful life of the believer. Baptized persons put sin to death and bury it when they believe, repent, and are baptized (see Colossians 2:12). Churches have practiced baptism in various ways from early centuries, but it is worth noting that the burial analogy works best if we understand baptism as a full immersion of a person under water.” (Page 412)
“The accomplishments of the human mind are considerable, as amazing in Paul’s time as in ours. But in ignoring God, human wisdom becomes a disguise for foolishness. Psalms 14:1; 53:1 declare that the one who says there is no God is a fool, and Paul draws on that idea here. To deny the existence of the Creator God is to commit the most fundamental and destructive foolishness (compare Jeremiah 10:14; 1 Corinthians 1:20).” (Page 372)
“The right response is to make our identity not in what we know but in what God has done for us. God’s people have always been God’s people because of his grace, not because of their knowledge or any accomplishment. To make our stand on God’s grace leads to obedience that reflects our gratitude to and dependency on the one who has saved us.” (Page 380)
Ronald L. Nickelson Served in the United States Air Force for nearly two decades, was an assisstant professor of Bible at Roanoke Bible College from 1997 to 2003, and served as a minister at Southern Hills Church o Christ in Abilene, Texas. In August of 2000, he joined Standard Publishing as an editor and has edited the Standard Lesson Commentary series for more than a decade.
Reviews
1 rating
Ivy Haynes Jr
8/17/2016
William Breshears
9/2/2015
Pre-ordered in mid-July. First lesson of cycle is 9/6/2015. Expected ship date 9/7/2015 per Logos site (viewed on 9/2/2015). Perhaps Quality Control needs to make sure time-dated material will ship at least a week BEFORE the first lesson date.