Posts Tagged ‘Commentaries’

Mark Minnick This article follows on an article “That Glorious Company: The Commentators!” published in three parts, here, here and here. This article is likewise published in three parts. This is part three, part one is here, part two is here. Dr. Minnick began this article by telling the story of George Whitfield’s discovery of…

Mark Minnick This article follows on an article “That Glorious Company: The Commentators!” published in three parts, here, here and here. This article is likewise published in three parts. This is part two, part one is here. Dr. Minnick began this article by telling the story of George Whitfield’s discovery of commentaries and the training…

Mark Minnick This article follows on an article “That Glorious Company: The Commentators!” published in three parts, here, here and here. This article is likewise published in three parts. This is the first part. Gabriel Harris’s streetfront shop was a popular, heavily trafficked Gloucester bookstore in 1735. But in the summer of that same year…

Mark Minnick Part Three of Three: In which Dr. Minnick shares his wisdom on selecting commentaries. [Part One • Part Two] Part One begins by discussing The Basis for Evaluating Commentaries. Part Two discusses The Characteristics of Good Commentaries. Part Three follows: Answering Our Questions Literal Exegesis. Literal exegesis takes the “meaning of language in…

Mark Minnick Part Two of Three: In which Dr. Minnick shares his wisdom on selecting commentaries. [Part One here] Part One begins by discussing The Basis for Evaluating Commentaries. Part Two follows: The Characteristics Of Good Commentaries The cardinal characteristic of a good commentary is that it answers questions. That’s because disciplined expositors begin their…

Mark Minnick Part One of Three: In which Dr. Minnick shares his wisdom on selecting commentaries. There are few writings worth reading twice. But one I’ve enjoyed several times more than twice is the first chapter of C. H. Spurgeon’s Commenting and Commentaries, entitled “A Chat About Commentaries.” Spurgeon loved books. His autobiography contains an…