Review: "Kerux Commentaries: Colossians and Philemon"

 

From The Kerux Commentary series: Colossians and Philemon:  A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching by Adam Copenhaver and Jeffery D. Arthurs – the first being an exegetic author and the second, a homiletics author.

This is the second commentary I have reviewed from this series – and these commentaries are full – making this a useful commentary for preachers, teachers, and seminary students. It can also be well used in Bible-study groups.

Each section begins with the exegetical idea, the theological focus, preaching ideas, and preaching pointers – each of these is given a fuller examination at the end of the commentary section. Then, the authors give the literary structure and themes of the text and then into the commentary proper. Throughout the commentary, there are boxes with questions and explanations about the text and the ideas in the text. Finally, they include a list of discussion questions.

As I said, these commentaries are jam-packed with useful information for preaching and teaching, and this is where I have difficulty with the commentary – not with all of the information given with the commentary, but with the format of the commentary.  I find it confusing. I would appreciate the work that must have gone into this commentary more if all the other information was not interspersed throughout the commentary.  I would rather have separate chapters with the information prior to the actual commentary.

This commentary and the series are certainly useful, though I found it confusing to use.

I received this book for free from Kregel in exchange for an honest review.

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