Month: September 2022

  • The Fundamentals

    edited by RA Torrey Published in the very early 1900s, this collection of faith based essays have been a beacon of truth in the years of attacks from doubters and devils. The essays start off defending against the documentary hypothesis. This, now largely discredited belief, is that the Pentateuch was thrown together after the Babylonian…

  • Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

    From the Kindle summary: The American theologian Albert Barnes (1798-1870) was born in Rome, New York. He graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823 and was later ordained a Presbyterian minister two years later. He was the of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, NJ (1825-1830), and the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (1830-1867). He…

  • The Pulpit Commentary

    Edited by the Very Rev. H. D. M. Spence, D.D., and by the Rev. Joseph S. Exell, M.A.One of the largest homiletical commentary sets of its kind, this work gives a verse-by-verse exposition, a translation, and historical and geographical information, followed by the homiletics section including homilies by numerous authors.Published in 1880-1897; public domain.

  • The Birth of Moses

    The International Sunday School Lesson October 2, 2022 Exo 2:1-10 (ESV) Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could…

  • The Scepter Given to Judah

    International Sunday School Lesson 9/25/2022 Fall Quarter #4 Genesis 35:22-26 ESV  While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.  (23)  The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.  (24)  The sons…

  • Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown’s Commentary on the Whole Bible

    This was the first real academic commentary that I used when I first started preaching. After all these years, I still regularly turn to it for background information and alternate thoughts on the scripture. JFB is a great resource for you to use in your Bible studies.

  • Jacob Called Israel

    International Sunday school lesson 11/18/2022 Fall #3 Gen 32:22-32 (ESV) The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was…

  • New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT)

    The most popular scholarly current commentary of the Bible. This is a very well written, but highly technical, current commentary of the Bible. The footnotes are exhaustive. The only two things that keep me give it my 100% full endorsement is the price and the overly academic diction. However, if you can make it past…

  • John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible

    John Gill (1697 – 1771) was a Baptist scholar and a Calvinist. His commentary is his most famous work that has stood the test of time. I use John Gill’s commentary often during my teaching although I am not a Calvinist. His research is extensive and he is faithful to the biblical text.

  • Thru the Bible: Genesis through Revelation

    As a former DJ at a Gospel radio station and radio preacher for decades, J Vernon McGee is one of my heroes in the faith. This commentary has the same tone, spirituality, and common sense in his radio program. If you want a great Bible commentary then you can get a copy on Amazon on…