The middle part of the New Testament chronicles the birth and expansion of the church includes the stories of Acts and the apostolic epistles. Grant keenly attends to the importance of their structure for interpretation. He explores the scope and the division of each book in the middle part of the New Testament, and contrasts the New Covenant of grace with the Law. In this volume, Grant also introduces Paul’s life and explores the meaning of the order and structure of his letters.
Born in London in 1834, Frederick W. Grant converted to Christianity while reading the Bible. He attended King’s College before traveling to Toronto. At the time, the Church of England was expanding in Canada, and Grant became ordained. He later moved to the United States, and lived in Brooklyn, New York before moving to Plainfield, New Jersey. Grant was also deeply influenced by the teachings of the Plymouth Brethren. Grant died in 1902.