Welwyn Commentary Series Upgrade (4 vols.)
by 4 authors John D. Currid, Steve Wilmshurst, Hywel R. Jones, Anthony E. Bird
Evangelical Press 2009–2011
Overview
The 4-volume Welwyn Commentary Series Upgrade is dedicated to the practical exposition and exhortation of Scripture. This upgrade is designed for pastors who use commentaries for week-to-week preaching and pastoral ministry. These commentaries combine the best of scholarly resources on the books of the Bible—works of exegesis, hermeneutics, and history—yet they are infused with the pastoral insight which arises from the day-to-day preaching and pastoral ministry of each contributor.
From candid discussions about the lives of the apostles, to the defining reasons for the Gospel, the Welwyn Commentary Series emphasizes the meaning of the text for our day-to-day lives. Each section summarizes and explains a passage of Scripture, including the intention of the author, the cultural environment, and the questions and issues raised by the particular passage. These eminently readable commentaries also contain numerous illustrations and pointed application.
What’s more, the Logos Bible Software edition of the Welwyn Commentary Series Upgrade contains extensive footnotes and a detailed bibliography—with links directly to thousands of other books and articles in your digital library (that you own). All Scripture references display the verse on mouseover, and each reference is linked to the original language texts of the Bible and the English translations in your digital library. The advanced search tools, passage guides and reports, and the other tools in your digital library make the Logos edition of the Welwyn Commentary Series Upgrade perfect for sermon preparation, Bible study, and as a starting point for further research for students and scholars.
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Key Features
- Detailed verse-by-verse exposition
- Ideal for sermon preparation and Bible study
- Numerous maps and illustrations
- Book outlines
- Extensive hyperlinking to original language texts and English Bible translations
- Questions for further study
Individual Titles
- The Expectant Prophet: Habakkuk Simply Explained
- A Ransom For Many: The Gospel of Mark Simply Explained
- For the Sake of the Gospel: Philippians Simply Explained
- Practice Makes Perfect: James Simply Explained
The prophecy of Habakkuk reveals to us—as does no other book in Scripture, an almighty God with absolute sovereignty, a God who requires that His people trust Him absolutely even when things do not seem to be going to plan. This is an emphasis that is much needed in the church today. The self-centeredness that characterizes our society today is almost overwhelming. We, like the people in Habakkuk's day, need a radical change in our thinking, acknowledging that it is God who is at the center of reality, not we ourselves. This message is at the heart of Habakkuk's prophecy and author John Currid illuminates this reality brilliantly against the backdrop of ancient Israel.
John Currid is the Carl McMurray professor of Old Testament at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi.
A Ransom For Many: The Gospel of Mark Simply Explained
- Author: Steve Wilmshurst
- Series: Welwyn Commentary Series
- Publisher: Evangelical Press
- Publication Date: 2011
- Pages: 320
This book is based on a series of sermons preached at Kensington Baptist Church in Bristol, England. The author has increasingly—and beyond his expectations—been drawn in by the sheer power of the storytelling. Grasping something of the skilled and beautiful construction of the gospel has frequently shed fresh light on familiar passages; recognising the half-concealed links to the Old Testament prophets has opened up new understanding of the mission of the Lord Jesus.
Mark's gospel focuses on the Lord Jesus as the crucified Christ; as his followers we are called to take up our cross and follow him who gave his life as a ransom for many. If this book encourages you in this path of discipleship, it will have achieved its purpose.
This clear, lively, readable, and accessible study is the fruit of sound scholarship. Steve Wilmshurst has worked carefully over the critical and sometimes controversial issues of interpretation, and walks us through them in a wise and measured way. But it is also scholarship that has been turned into practical pastoral preaching. And because it is preached material, it is realistically earthed and applied to us today. It will encourage many Christians who are frightened by commentaries to get to grips with Mark's gospel, and I warmly commend it.
—Christopher Ash, Proclamation Trust, Director of the Cornhill Training Course
Wilmshurst has written a commentary with real substance that is also great fun to read. Well-known moments in Mark's gospel are freshly lit up by contemporary illustrations, penetrating application and a keen sense of how each moment fits into Mark's overall shape and purpose. It's just the sort of book I would want to press into the hands of people at our church.
—Mike Cain, Senior Pastor, Emmanuel Church, Bristol
Dr Steve Wilmshurst studied physics at Cambridge University and then had a career in the nuclear industry. He subsequently retrained in theology at Trinity College, Bristol, England, where he specialized in the New Testament. He is currently Director of Training at Kensington Baptist Church in Bristol and teaches on the New Testament in a variety of other places. He is the author of The Final Word:The Book of Revelation simply explained, also published by EP in the Welwyn Commentary Series.
For the Sake of the Gospel: Philippians Simply Explained
- Author: Hywel Jones
- Series: Welwyn Commentary Series
- Publisher: Evangelical Press
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 167
A comparison of the Epistle to the Philippians with the letters that Paul had written before it might seem to indicate that the church at Philippi had no censurable weaknesses at all. Such a thought, of course, cannot be true because just as "there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins" (Eccl. 7: 20 ESV) so it is with churches, and even though the church at Philippi is not charged with any doctrinal deviation or moral blemish. At this point it is sufficient to note that as it was a church which could be prayed for (1:4) and preached to (1:28) it obviously did not have all it needed. It could gain more. It could even lose much of what it had (see 3:1–2; 17–18). In these general but important respects, it was a church like any other in any place or time. It could prosper or decline. The apostle Paul wrote so that it might grow (1:9–11, 25–30) and as he did so in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Head of the Church—what he wrote speaks to churches at the present time.
Hywel R. Jones became Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Seminary, California, in 2000. Prior to that he was Editorial Director of the Banner of Truth Trust and Principal of London Theological Seminary from 1985–1996. He was a pastor at Grove Chapel, London, and Borras Park in Wrexham. He and his wife, Nansi, were married in 1961 and blessed with three children and five grandchildren. He is the author of A Study Commentary on Job, also published by Evangelical Press.
Practice Makes Perfect: James Simply Explained
- Author: Anthony Bird
- Series: Welwyn Commentary Series
- Publisher: Evangelical Press
- Publication Date: 2008
- Pages: 160
At first glance, James appears to be one of the most practical books in the New Testament. The letter is filled with advice about facing the trials of life, coping with poverty, the desire to be rich, controlling the tongue, making plans for the future, and so on. James underlines the need to be active, practicing believers. We are to be those who do not merely listen to the Word, but do what it says. However, no matter how enthusiastically we embrace a practical approach to the Christian life, it has no value unless it is based upon God, who is the source of that life. As Tony Bird demonstrates in this commentary, what is remarkable about the letter of James is the glorious vision it presents of God, the descriptions of whom are both extensive and breathtaking. Reading it ought to drive us to contemplate afresh the wonder of God and then lead us to worship him.
Tony Bird, BSc (Hons), PhD (Leeds), BTh, DipMin, MTh (ACT), is a Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Bird is a former missionary in Indonesia, along with his wife Carole. They currently have four children. Tony is active in Donvale Presbyterian church where he preaches regularly.
Product Details
- Title: Welwyn Commentary Series Upgrade
- Series: Welwyn Commentary Series
- Publisher: Evangelical Press
- Volumes: 4
- Pages: 791