Showing posts with label Heavenly WIsdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heavenly WIsdom. Show all posts
Books spotted on sale in Grand Rapids, etc
It was gratifying to see my commentaries on Proverbs and Song of Solomon on sale the other week in Darlington (at the North Yorkshire Bible Rally, courtesy of the Reeth Bookshop). My father-in-law recently sent me the above pic of my book on sale at the RHB bookstore in Grand Rapids. So that's good too. (Perhaps I should point out that "And they crucified him" is by a fellow Welshman and Aber graduate Alun Ebenezer).
Speaking for the EMW to pastors' wives in Bala
I am due to speak along with my wife to pastors wives in Bala, North Wales, on April 21. Do check it out here. I speak only at the end on the famous woman of Proverbs 31. I hope numbers will pick up soon.
Welwyn Commentary Proverbs
Heavenly Wisdom: Proverbs Simply Explained
- Publisher: Evangelical Press
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 812
The book of Proverbs is intensely practical. Here is "truth in street clothes." It deals with everyday subjects such as laziness, pride, handling money, and telling lies. Here we meet familiar folk such as the bargain-hunter, the neighbor you see too much of, the practical joker, and the "morning person" who forgets that others take a while to surface.
Charles Bridges once said that of all Old Testament books it is the one which we may think of as most distinctively educational. This is its tone. A speaker speaks to his student, an old man to a young man, and a father to his son.
Above all, Proverbs points us to Christ, the one "who has become for us" who believe "wisdom from God." Here is an excellent place to begin to learn about Christ and about wisdom. It has been said that, as the Psalms give us Christ singing the law, so the Proverbs give us him meditating on it. Truly to understand him, we must get to grips with Proverbs. Truly to be wise, we must get to grips with Christ.
Charles Bridges once said that of all Old Testament books it is the one which we may think of as most distinctively educational. This is its tone. A speaker speaks to his student, an old man to a young man, and a father to his son.
Above all, Proverbs points us to Christ, the one "who has become for us" who believe "wisdom from God." Here is an excellent place to begin to learn about Christ and about wisdom. It has been said that, as the Psalms give us Christ singing the law, so the Proverbs give us him meditating on it. Truly to understand him, we must get to grips with Proverbs. Truly to be wise, we must get to grips with Christ.
For twenty years, Gary Brady has pastored an inner-city London congregation of all ages, inter-racial and multi-abilitied. This rich commentary on the book of Proverbs began its life in the regular sermons of the Lord's Day. It was written in the midst of all the pastoring, evangelism, committee work, editing, and writing of an exemplary twenty-first century minister of Jesus Christ. I stand in awe and admiration of him.—Geoff Thomas
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