ReformedCuban
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Good afternoon, everyone. I'll be teaching from Paul's Epistle to the Romans at my church soon. What are some good commentaries that I can consult? I'll also consider other works and materials.
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Dr Lloyd-Jones recommended this combination. He also made good use of John Murray.Haldane and Hodge is a good combination.
I second this recommendation. Lloyd-Jones’ set on Romans is technically not a commentary, but a set of sermons. Be that as it may, they are very helpful and devotional, and the table of contents in every volume is very detailed in terms of content and topics covered.You might like to read Martyn LLoyd-Jones multi volumes on Romans.
I found John Stott's commentary to be quite good ... runs for cover.
All the above are quality standard commentaries. You might like to read Martyn LLoyd-Jones multi volumes on Romans. Or if you prefer you can listen to them https://www.mljtrust.org/free-sermons/book-of-romans/
Dr Lloyd-Jones recommended this combination. He also made good use of John Murray.
As has been noted above Lloyd-Jones on Romans is not a commentary as such. It is a sermon series. It is best to read them as sermons.The problem with Lloyd-Jones is that you have to slog through a lot of text to get specific information you're looking for. I think it was D. A. Carson who commented that you can learn a lot from Lloyd-Jones, but only if you read quickly!
I actually have the MLJ Library on my phone. I'll listen to the series.All the above are quality standard commentaries. You might like to read Martyn LLoyd-Jones multi volumes on Romans. Or if you prefer you can listen to them https://www.mljtrust.org/free-sermons/book-of-romans/
Dr Lloyd-Jones recommended this combination. He also made good use of John Murray.
That's a shame. Do you know why he stopped?I second this recommendation. Lloyd-Jones’ set on Romans is technically not a commentary, but a set of sermons. Be that as it may, they are very helpful and devotional, and the table of contents in every volume is very detailed in terms of content and topics covered.
Also, Lloyd-Jones stopped preaching on Romans after chapter 14, which is very sad. But I strongly recommend anything and everything by Lloyd-Jones.
I can read the Geneva and 1611 KJV quite well, so I don't expect this one to be quite different. Has anyone tried to translate a modern version of his commentary?If you do not mind reading old English, Peter Martyr Vermigli's commentary on Romans is available on EEBO.
I found John Stott's commentary to be quite good ... runs for cover.
I'm not familiar with Stott. Why would people be hesitant to read his commentary?No need to run for cover. Stott's commentary is excellent.
My pastor actually recommended Cranfield. I just got his abridged commentary from an elder.Let's not forget C. E. B. Cranfield's two volumes, if you're looking for something more technical, but well-written.
For your purposes, Cranfield would be overkill. I would study Romans in this order:My pastor actually recommended Cranfield. I just got his abridged commentary from an elder.
Is he influenced by Barth? Keith Mathison writes in his list of recommended commentaries of Romans that Cranfield takes a Barthian approach to Romans.
My pastor actually recommended Cranfield. I just got his abridged commentary from an elder.
Is he influenced by Barth? Keith Mathison writes in his list of recommended commentaries of Romans that Cranfield takes a Barthian approach to Romans.
I'm not familiar with Stott. Why would people be hesitant to read his commentary?
He preached through Romans for many years. As he got older, some fairly significant health issues, including cancer, forced him to retire from ministry. So he could not finish is Romans series.That's a shame. Do you know why he stopped?
He rejected the doctrine of hell and favored annihilationism.
I had avoided Stott for a long time (his annihilationism), and was very surprised, when reading his commentary on either Galatians or Ephesians, how good it was. I even gave away his The Cross of Christ in great measure due to that, which I sort of regret now.
It would be a huge mistake not to get Murray.Shedd, Moo, Nygren, Boice, Hodge, Haldane, Calvin, and Henry will give you everything you need and more.
Here is this explanation that I had read some years ago from Lloyd-Jones himself.That's a shame. Do you know why he stopped?
“I was at Romans 14:17. I had dealt with ‘righteousness’, with ‘peace’ on March 1st, and there I was stopped. David Martyn Lloyd-Jones I was not allowed to deal with ‘joy in the Holy Ghost’. I have the feeling that this was not accidental. God intervened and I could suggest a reason why. I was able to deal with righteousness and peace (I had fleeting experiences of it), but the third thing is the profoundest of all. Why was I not allowed to deal with it? Because I knewsomething, but not enough about it. ‘I want you to speak with greater authority on this,’ God said.
Here is what I would put before you. For six months, until September, I did not preach at all. For four months I have had the most valuable experience of being a listener. My general impression is that most of our services are terribly depressing! I am amazed people still go to church; most who go are female and
over the age of forty. The note missing is ‘joy in the Holy Ghost’. There is nothing in these services to make a stranger feel that he is missing something by not being there.”
May I ask in what capacity are you teaching on this lofty epistle? Adult Sabbath school? Have you publicly taught before?Good afternoon, everyone. I'll be teaching from Paul's Epistle to the Romans at my church soon. What are some good commentaries that I can consult? I'll also consider other works and materials.
Yes, it's within the oversight of my session.May I ask in what capacity are you teaching on this lofty epistle? Adult Sunday school?
I assume you are teaching it with the oversight of your session.
Excellent. May the Lord cause that time to be fruitful.Yes, it's within the oversight of my session.
Ever since we started meeting again back in August of 2020, my church initiated a semester-styled class program that replaced our normal adult Sunday school (temporarily, I hope). They take place in-between our two services.
I don't particularly like Murray on Romans, actually. *Ducks to avoid heresy charges.* I found myself disagreeing with him in passage after passage, and was left wondering why so many in the Reformed world think it is one of the best. I wouldn't want to avoid him, but neither is he in my top five or even ten.It would be a huge mistake not to get Murray.