John, 2 vols. (Reformed Expository Commentary | REC)

by Richard D. Phillips

Publisher:

P&R

, 2014

Overview

John’s Gospel is filled with thorough discussions of single topics and embeds its teaching in conversations. These unique themes distinguish the Gospel of John from the other three Gospels. Explore doctrines and concepts written to promote practical application to the reader’s life. Richard Phillips highlights John’s focus on the deity of Christ, the gospel witness of the Church, and salvation through faith in Jesus. Phillips clearly communicates the person and work of Christ with pastoral insight and demonstrates how to present evangelistic appeals from the pulpit. His scholarly treatment of each passage is ideal help for preparing sermons, while his nontechnical language makes this commentary suitable for Bible teachers and devotional reading.

Contents

Top Highlights

“We can summarize Jesus’ teaching here in three points: the new birth is necessary, the new birth is a supernatural work of God, and the new birth is revealed by its effects.” (Volume 1, Page 153)

“So what kind of branches are connected to Christ without possessing his saving life? The answer is nominal Christians: that is, those who call themselves Christians, attend church with Christians, and engage in many actions that Christians do, but who nonetheless do not possess the life of Christ through true and saving faith.” (Volume 2, Pages 284–285)

“This reminds us that unbelief never runs out of objections and never has sufficient proof.” (Volume 1, Page 519)

“First, the tabernacle was given for Israel’s wilderness journey.” (Volume 1, Page 56)

“These, then, are the three main reasons why ‘the Word became flesh’: to die, to sympathize with us, and to show us how to live.” (Volume 1, Page 54)

Product Details

• Title: John, Volumes 1 & 2
• Author: Richard D. Phillips
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Reformed Expository Commentary
• Volume: 1 & 2
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. John › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781596381803, 9781629950938, 9781629950945, 1596381809, 1629950939, 1629950947
• Resource ID: LLS:REC64JN
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:39:07Z

About Richard D. Phillips

Richard Davis Phillips has been the Senior Minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina (PCA) since July, 2007. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan, and a master of business administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Prior to entering the ministry, he commanded tank units as an officer in the U.S. Army and later served as an assistant professor of leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He came to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 30, and was soon was leading evangelistic Bible studies at the college where he was teaching. A few years later he received God’s call to enter the gospel ministry, and received a master of divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA.