SOLA SCRIPTURA + SOLA GRATIA + SOLUS CHRISTUS + SOLA FIDE + SOLI DEO GLORIA

Categories

Bestsellers

Search by Publisher

The Letters of John

Colin G. Kruse (Author)

  • Market Price: $34.00
  • Price: $22.14
  • You Save: $11.86 (35%)
Add to cart
Add to wish list
The Pillar New Testament Commentary

Binding: Hardcover
Page Count: 277
Publisher: Eerdmans
ISBN#: 9780802837288

Availability: Usually ships the same business day.

Description: This Pillar commentary seeks to clearly explain the meaning of John’s letters to teachers, pastors, and general readers looking for a reliable resource for personal study. Colin Kruse introduces the important issues involved in interpreting the Johannine letters, gives verse-by-verse comments, and provides extensive discussion of John’s major theological themes, including the real humanity of Christ, atonement, the role of the Spirit, Christian assurance, the meaning of koinonia, Christian love, and eternal life.

In his treatment of introductory matters related to 1, 2, and 3 John, Kruse discusses the historical context out of which these letters arose - the crisis of secession within the Johannine community - and explores the questions of authorship, audience, purpose, genre, and theological themes. This highly relevant study brings readers to the central message of John's exhorations - the importance of holding fast to the gospel of Christ and obeying his command to love one another.

Designed both for serious students and for general readers of the Bible, the Pillar New Testament Commentary volumes seek to make clear the meaning of the text of Scripture as we have it. The scholars writing these volumes interact with the most important, informed contemporary debate yet avoid undue technical detail. Their ideal is a blend of rigorous exegesis and exposition, scholarship and pastoral sensitivity, with an eye alert both to biblical theology and to the contemporary relevance of the Bible.

"Carefully researched and eloquently written, this volume offers that rare combination of thoroughgoing scholarship and spiritual insight. Serious students of the Johannine literature will find this book a reliable and trustworthy guide to John's letters. Kruse brilliantly reconstructs the context of the struggles that John's church faced, and he successfully expounds the apostle's defense of orthodox belief in what must have been a tumultuouse and difficult era. Many generations will find themselves in Kruse's debt for his outstanding contribution."
--Gary M. Burge Wheaton College

"Kruse has his own refreshing way of putting thigns. He catches well the flow of the argument in each letter and provides a series of notes on significant topical issues relating to his exposition. His volume will be an invaluable resource for personal study and of particular benefit to Christian teachers, pastors, and other who teach the Scriptures."
-- Peter T. O'Brien Moore Theological College

"A splendid achievement and a welcome addition to the excellent Pillar Series. The numerous notes on Johannine themes and the helpful attention to the relevant patristic sources are notable features. Comprehensive, thorough, and judicious, Kruse's work promises to be a standard for many years."
-- Paul Barnett Bishop of North Sydney, Australia
The Letters of John

Send to friend

Send to friend

Product rating

Rate It!

Customer feedback

There have been no reviews for this product.

Your cart

Cart is empty

Reformed Gift Wrap

Affiliates

Special

Reformed Books Gift Certificate



Monergism Books is a Reformed Christian Internet bookseller with the goal of equipping Christians in the truth by making available the finest classic resources of historical orthodoxy. This is done in the hope that the church will embrace, and recover a Christ-centered gospel and the true Biblical doctrines of the historic faith.