Bible Commentaries

Jeremiah has had a bad rap. The prophet and the book.

Written from a Jewish perspective, the Gospel of Matthew forms the perfect bridge between the Old and New Testaments, drawing heavily on the Old Testament to show how Jesus is the fulfilment of the prophecies and commandments given to Israel.

Part of the DayOne Opening Up series of commentaries

Terence Peter Crosby opens up Johns letters

The book of 2 Samuel centers around the reign of Israel’s greatest king, David.

Like Paul’s letter to Rome, his letter to the church in Ephesus serves as an invaluable exposition of the Christian gospel.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why me? Can suffering serve any good purpose? These are real questions that many wrestle with today—and that Job wrestled with thousands of years ago.

Written in Rome before the destruction of Jerusalem in ad 70, Mark’s Gospel has a sense of urgency in its presentation of the life and ministry of Jesus, moving the reader’s attention swiftly from one event to another.

Roger Ellsworth