NIV Application Commentary | NIVAC: New Testament, 20 vols.

por Michael J. Wilkins; David E. Garland; Darrell L. Bock; Gary M. Burge

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Zondervan

, 1994–2004

A thought-provoking commentary series on the New Testament

This award-winning series helps you understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its original context. All the elements of traditional exegesis—in concise form—are discussed. But the authors don’t stop there—they bridge the gap between the world of the Bible and the world of today, between the original context and the contemporary context, by focusing on both the timely and timeless aspects of the text.

The authors dwell on the contemporary significance of the Bible by focusing on contemporary contexts in which the Bible can be applied today.

What makes NIVAC: New Testament unique?

The primary focus of the NIV Application Commentary is to help you with the difficult but vital task of bringing an ancient message into our postmodern context. The series assists you through the process of moving from the original meaning of a passage to its contemporary significance.

 

How the NIVAC: New Testament is structured for your benefit

Each passage is treated in three sections:

1. Original Meaning

After reading this section, you will understand the problems, questions, and concerns of the original audience and how the biblical author addressed those issues. This understanding is foundational to any legitimate application of the text today.

2. Bridging Contexts

This section provides a bridge between the context in which the passage is written and where it is relevant in the world of today, focusing on God’s Word as both timely and timeless. When the first two sections are read together, you should have a strong sense of moving from the world of the Bible to the world of today.

3. Contemporary Significance

This section allows the biblical message to speak with as much power today as it did when it was first written. You may ask: How can you apply what you learned about Jerusalem, Ephesus, or Corinth to our present-day needs in Chicago, Los Angeles, or London? Answering this requires a process:

• Identify contemporary situations, problems, or questions that are comparable or analogous to those faced by the original audience
• Look at personal applications, as well as the implications for society and culture at large
• Caution against any difficulties you might encounter in seeking to apply the passage

 

Other helpful features

• Detailed footnotes point toward other scholarly works for further reading and research
• A lengthy bibliography is included in each volume
• The NIV Application Commentary will appear whenever you run Passage Guides and other reports in Logos Bible Software
• All Scripture references are linked directly to the Bibles in your digital library

 

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Endorsements

The NIV Application Commentary series doesn’t fool around. It gets right down to business, bringing this ancient and powerful Word of God into the present so that it can be heard and delivered with all the freshness of a new day, with all the immediacy of a friend’s embrace.

—Eugene H. Peterson

It is encouraging to find a commentary that is not only biblically trustworthy but also contemporary in its application. The NIV Application Commentary will prove to be a helpful tool in the pastor’s sermon preparation. I use it and recommend it.

—Charles F. Stanley, pastor, First Baptist Church of Atlanta

The NIV Application Commentary series promises to be of very great service to all who preach and teach the Word of God.

—J. I. Packer, Regent College

This series promises to become an indispensable tool for every pastor and teacher who seeks to make the Bible's timeless message speak to this generation.

—Billy Graham

The NIV Application Commentary is an outstanding resource for pastors and anyone else who is serious about developing 'doers of the Word.'

—Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church and author of Purpose Driven Life

If you want to avoid hanging applicational elephants from interpretive threads, then the NIV Application Commentary is for you! This series excels at both original meaning and contemporary significance. I support it one hundred percent.

—Howard G. Hendricks, Dallas Theological Seminary

The NIV Application Commentary will be a great help for leaders who want to understand what the Bible means, how it applies, and what they should do in response.

—Stuart Briscoe, pastor, Elmbrook Church

This is the pulpit commentary for the twenty-first century.

—George K. Brushaber, president, Bethel College and Seminary

The NIV Application Commentary builds bridges that make the Bible come alive with meaning for contemporary life.

—Warren W. Wiersbe

The NIV Application Commentary meets the urgent need for an exhaustive and authoritative commentary based on the New International Version. This series will soon be found in libraries and studies throughout the evangelical community.

—Dr. James Kennedy, Ph. D. Senior Minister, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

The NIV Application Commentary series helps pastors and other Bible teachers with one of the most neglected elements in good preaching—accurate, useful application. Most commentaries tell you a few things that are helpful and much that you do not need to know. By dealing with the original meaning and contemporary significance of each passage, the NIV Application Commentary series promises to be helpful all the way around.

—Dr. James Montgomery Boice, Tenth Presbyterian Church

Here, at last, is a commentary that makes the proper circuit from the biblical world to Main Street. The NIV Application Commentary is a magnificent gift to the church!

—R. Kent Hughes, pastor, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois

This series dares to go where few scholars have gone before—into the real world of biblical application faced by pastors and teachers every day. This is everything a good commentary series should be.

—Leith Anderson, pastor, Wooddale Church

Here at last is a commentary which is not only academically well informed but which helps the contemporary reader hear God’s Word and consider its implications: scholarship in the service of the Church.

—Arthur Rowe, Spurgeon’s College

Product Details

• Title: NIV Application Commentary: New Testament
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Volumes: 20
• Pages: 9,376
• Format: Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: {5EE4B9AE-743E-4024-9829-717C6A3C3AA0}