Letters of John (NIV Application Commentary | NIVAC)

by Gary M. Burge

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 1996

Overview

The letters of John speak words of encouragement and reproach to the grave concerns of the early church, yet reveal a God who not only loves his people, but wants them to experience life abundantly. Gary M. Burge’s commentary on the letters of John focuses on understanding the significance of John’s letters when he wrote them, and conveys the power they still have today.

Key Features

• Treats all the elements of traditional exegesis
• Compares the original context and the contemporary context
• Engages contemporary life and culture

Contents

Top Highlights

“Christian community is not some passing association of people who share common sympathies for a cause. Nor is it an academy where an intellectual consensus about God is discovered. It cannot be so superficial. Christian community is partnership in experience; it is the common living of people who have a shared experience of Jesus Christ. They talk about this experience, they urge each other to grow more deeply in it, and they discover that through it, they begin to build a life together unlike any shared life in the world.” (Page 55)

“John envisions Christian believers who are so completely healed inwardly that reconciliation within the community is a natural by-product of spiritual maturity.” (Pages 193–194)

“He assumes that intimate fellowship in the Christian community is only possible when there is consensus about the identity and presence of Jesus.” (Page 52)

“He who existed from limitless eternity has entered time and space and taken up residence here on earth.” (Page 53)

“In other words, John has in mind any desire, any sinful interest, that draws us away from God or at least makes continuing fellowship with him impossible.” (Page 115)

Praise for the Print Edition

This is the pulpit commentary for the twenty-first century.

—George K. Brushaber, president, Bethel College and Seminary

The NIV Application Commentary meets the urgent need for an exhaustive and authoritative commentary based on the New International Version. This series will soon be found in libraries and studies throughout the evangelical community.

—James Kennedy, senior minister, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

It is encouraging to find a commentary that is not only biblically trustworthy but also contemporary in its application. The NIV Application Commentary will prove to be a helpful tool in the pastor’s sermon preparation. I use it and recommend it.

—Charles F. Stanley, pastor, First Baptist Church of Atlanta

Product Details

• Title: Letters of John
• Author: Gary M. Burge
• Series: NIV Application Commentary
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 1996
• Logos Release Date: 2010
• Pages: 272
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 John › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 John › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 3 John › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780310427155, 0310427150, 9780310486206, 0310486203
• Resource ID: LLS:NIVAC83JN1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-03T19:49:56Z

About Gary M. Burge

Gary M. Burge (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is dean of the faculty and professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. He previously taught for twenty-five years at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Among his many published books are The New Testament in Seven Sentences, Theology Questions Everyone Asks (with coeditor David Lauber), A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion, Mapping Your Academic Career, The New Testament in Antiquity (coauthored with Gene Green), and the award-winning Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians.