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- NIVAC (own in print... someday hope to have electronic)
- Life Application Commentary
- Holman NT Commentary
- John Courson
- Opening Up
I've been really eying the the NIVAC, just have not taken the leap yet. Maybe it will go on sale one of these day's
As an aside, one of the things I like to do is use Cited By with collection of sermons to see how others have applied this passage (Piper, Early Church, etc.)
Logos Wise: Holman and Courson are good would be on my top 5 along with Preachers Commentary. I find the best series, albeit incomplete Welwyn, I love it and got tired of waiting for it in Logos and got it elsewhere. NIVAC is something i briefly owned it in Logos and just found it was definitely not for me. I found NIVAC very hostile, in my mind's eye anyway, and requested a refund, there were some good things in it but i just came away from them feeling wrong too often. I can't give an example but my Pastor agreed about some recent items in the evangelical world. However if you are an ardent evangelical type it might be for you, Welwyn can be that way at times but generally more even handed.
Wesleyan is also quite wonderful... and it is currently on sale. I have only had it for a few days but am really enjoying it. The reflections in New Interpreter's Bible is usually top notch for me (although like all multi-volume sets it has it weaker spots). Daily Study Bible is the very top of my list but it;s currently not available except as a gathering interest.
-Dan
I found NIVAC very hostile
No kidding? I hadn't really thought of it that way over all. I think I might have found the Luke commentary leaning that way (a bit pompous in some "Contemporary Culture" entries), but Keener's revelation commentary is everything BUT hostile. He is quite irenic in his approach. So much so I just sent him an email thanking him for producing the commentary just this week. Go figure. [:)]
Allen--I haven't used most of the BST (just bought the series, prior to that had Stott's S on M and Wilcock's Revelation). But I haven't found it that "practical" yet, as far as application. Are there some better ones you might alert me to (particular books/authors). I suppose I remember Stott being "okay" on application. Haven't used that one in a while. Wilcock is good for simplifying theology and overview, but I don't remember a lot of application per se.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
Kent Hughes Preaching the Word series is brilliant for application. James Montgomery Boice isn't bad, and I agree that NIVAC is pretty good most of the time.
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What is you're favorite commentary for sermon prep for passage application?
It really depends on the commentary author, but I find the following useful:
1. NIVAC--I like the Revelation Commentary and Hebrews. Some others were so so. but mostly decent.
2. Preacher's Commentary (some sections he just talks about the scripture, others he has good illustrations)
3. Warren Wiersbe has some interesting stuff from time to time. Usually good stories and analogies.
4. Life Application is also decent. little quips, application insights, etc.
5. Teacher's Commentary by Larry Richards. Applies it to life for children and adults. Not every pericope of the Bible is represented, but many major ones are. One volume
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
1. NIVAC--I like the Revelation Commentary and Hebrews. Some others were so so. but mostly decent.
2. Preacher's Commentary (some sections he just talks about the scripture, others he has good illustrations)
These two are also my preferred application commentaries.
Bohuslav
i have also found these two Zondervan resources very helpful. Search by scripture and topic:
http://www.logos.com/product/5423/1001-illustrations-that-connect
http://www.logos.com/product/5425/1001-quotations-that-connect
pretty current stuff.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
One not mentioned so far is the Bible Speaks Today NT series.
Very good value for 22 volumes (and often on sale at 3rd party sites.)
Hopefully you have created a collection of your top commentaries? If so you can call it in your My Passage Guide, so its results turn up above above the others. Mine's defined like this:
(type:commentary OR mytag:commentary) AND Series:("Baker Exegetical","Word Biblical Commentary","Pillar New Testament","United Bible Societies","New International Greek Testament","The Bible Speaks Today","IVP Bible Background Commentary","Tyndale Commentaries","New American Commentary","Socio-Rhetorical Commentary")
Thanks for all of the replies. Here's what I've done. I already own and enjoy the Holman Commentary. Based on readings/reviews and price I just bought the Bible Speaks today NT Commentary series and the Jon Courson Essential Bible Study Library, and may be interested in the Welwyn series whenever it becomes available.
I would say the life application study bible (own it in e-sword). Unfortunately, I do not own to many application commentaries. I hope to change that in the near future. I would definitely trade in some of my expositional commentaries to get a hold of a few good application ones if I could.
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