Teach the Text Commentary Series | TTCS (21 vols.)
The Teach the Text Commentary series gives Bible teachers the best in biblical scholarship and presents the information needed to move seamlessly from interpretation to communication of each book of Scripture. By keeping the discussion of each carefully selected preaching unit to six pages of focused commentary, the volumes in this series allow pastors to quickly grasp the general movement, concepts, and themes of each passage of Scripture. Each unit of the commentary includes the big idea and key themes of the passage and sections dedicated to understanding, teaching, and illustrating the text.The text and its meaning are made clear, and sections dedicated to effectively teaching and illustrating the text help pastors prepare to preach.
- Provides information pastors need to effectively communicate Scripture
- Contains a concise summary, main theme, illustrations, and interpretation for each passage
- Points to key themes and ways to communicate them to today’s audience
Few commentaries help the reader move beyond study to thoughtful application, and fewer still move beyond application to teaching. That's why I am thrilled with the Teach the Text Commentary Series from Baker. Pastors and teachers are going to love this series. I highly recommend it.
George H. Guthrie, Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible, Union University, Jackson, TN
Pastors, communicators, and fellow Bible teachers, shove some books over and make room on your shelves. The Teach the Text Commentary Series was specifically envisioned with us in the lens and emphasizes precisely what matters most: communicating the heart of the authoritative text itself. Here is the best of biblical scholarship made accessible, applicable, and relevant to life right here on the hot pavement where we need it most.
Beth Moore, author and teacher
Most commentaries are either too technical or too light to be of much help, leaving us to wander through the text on our own. Accurately balanced between good scholarship and solid preaching perspectives, these commentaries provide an unusually deep and relevant approach to the text. If you take preaching and teaching the Word seriously you must take this series seriously as well.
Joe Stowell, President, Cornerstone University
"We live in an era that desperately needs to hear not more cheap advice about successful living but "the words of eternal life." That means burrowing deeply into Scripture--and coming out again with fresh theological and spiritual insights for living. The Teach the Text Commentary Series does that admirably. I love the way it connects text to background to theology to illustration. I can't recall any commentary series that has done all that better.
Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor, Christianity Today
- Series: Teach the Text Commentary Series
- Editors: Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton
- Publisher: Baker
- Christian Group: Evangelicals
- Resource Type: Commentaries
- Topic: Biblical Studies
Partially includedWith the Logos edition, you can reap the maximum benefit from each Teach the Text volume by getting easier access to the contents of this series—helping you to use these volumes more efficiently for research and sermon preparation. Every word from every book has been indexed and catalogued to help you search the entire series for a particular verse or topic, giving you instant access to cross-references. Additionally, important terms link to your other resources in your digital library, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, commentaries, theology texts, and others. Perform powerful searches to find exactly what you’re looking for because in Logos, your titles will automatically integrate into custom search reports, passage guides, exegetical guides, and the other advanced features of the software. You'll have the tools you need to use your entire digital library effectively and efficiently, searching for verses, finding Scripture references and citations instantly, and performing word studies. With most Logos resources, you can take the discussion with you using tablet and mobile apps, providing you the most efficient and comprehensive research tools in one place, so you get the most out of your study.
Mark Strauss is Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary in San Diego. He has written The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts, Distorting Scripture?, The Challenge of Bible Translation and Gender Accuracy, Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary series, Mark in the Revised Expositor’s Bible Commentary series, and Luke in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary series.
John H. Walton is Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament; Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context; Covenant: God’s Purpose, God’s Plan; The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament; and A Survey of the Old Testament.
Reviews
12 ratings
Bill Nelson
2/10/2023
J. A. Brown
4/27/2022
I have found the volumes very useful, especially as a high-level check against my biblical observations. I only wish there were more NT volumes in the series. I plan to purchase more as the need arises.Dillon Grosso
3/22/2022
Just for everyone's awareness, there is a "New Perspective on Paul" slant to this. For those who don't know what that is, it's the idea that we've all misunderstood Paul when he was arguing about salvation by faith versus by works. According to this teaching, Paul never addressed the issue and he supports salvation by "covenant loyalty" which means by works.Jerry
1/13/2022
Philemon Schott
1/10/2022
Randy
12/23/2021
It focuses more on the big picture, context, and major themes, than a deep, verse-by-verse exposition. It includes a theological analysis, and makes relevant application and illustration of the main themes. It utilizes text-book formatting, with a variety of multi-colored segments, and color photos (which I like). Unfortunately, the formatting of this text is not completely compatible with the current dark mode settings. Some segments have to be viewed in the "light" or "system" theme in order to be seen. It's a shame this was discontinued. Perhaps the series will now be more profitable in digital format, and get picked up by another publisher.Doug Olson
10/17/2021
Love it! Love the approach overall as well as the balance of the approach ie technical vs application. I also don’t understand why they canceled the series.
