Over on our church web site, I have described how you can earn a quarter at the Red Brick Church on Sunday. The quarters up for grabs are in view in the picture to the right. They are on top of I. Howard Marshall, or his commentary on the pastorals in any case. Astute students of commentators will be able to identify most of the books in the picture.
Of course, the real hope is that people will prepare for our sermons on 1 Timothy 1:12-17. I have given 7 ways for you to do that in the post on our church site.
The book on top of the stack to the left, which you cannot see, is John Bunyan’s, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. In writing his autobiography, the author of Pilgrim’s Progress made the same claim as the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 1:15!
In preaching Titus, I’m using most of those same books, plus, except not Gordon Fee. I find Fee largely a waste of time, and not worth money.
Don’t know what Storms book you’d be reading (see Fee, above), and don’t know Johnson. Useful? What do you think about seeing Titus and Timothy as “delegates” rather than pastors? I don’t agree.
I probably find Mounce the most useful. George Knight is also helpful.
The Sam Storms book is his on 2 Corinthians. I was reading it relative to 2 Cor 12:10 and Paul’s point of being strengthened in weakness.
Knight on the Faithful Sayings is strong.
Johnson is Luke Timothy Johnson (R.C.). I don’t buy the delegates thing either and I don’t use it that much.
Preaching the Pastorals is such a wonderful treat!
I get so weary of the “authorship” stuff. One of these days I am going to send a commentary out my window and straight to the moon.
Agreed. I see you have Bruce. When I read his should-have-been magum opus on Paul, I was so disappointed. His rejection of the Pastorals really impoverished his understanding of the apostle.