The Return

Review: Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in Ephesians Tony Merida Holman Reference 2014 If you are looking for a commentary that is not written for the biblical scholar, this and the rest of this series may be the right thing for you. The author covers the background to Ephesians, its author and recipients to start the reader off with a general idea of the place and people. The text of Ephesians is then covered in some depth and not without mention of some the differences of opinion among the various biblical scholars. The explanation and discussion moves forward at a comfortable pace, for me at least. If you want more information a bibliography of the author's sources is available at the end of the text, as is a list of biblical references. I found the reading easy and the comments helpful. The end of each chapter has some questions for reflection or discussion making the book useful for private or group study alongside the text of Ephesians. I enjoyed t...

Review: Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity in Christ Mark Driscoll Thomas Nelson 2013 I didn't know quite what to expect from this book.   I had not read any of Mark Driscoll's work before and knew him only by some of the press he had received from various sources.   So I tiptoed into this hesitantly, but soon was totally immersed in this book. Driscoll looks at the letter to the Ephesians as Paul's effort to encourage the believers in and around Ephesus.   This is not a full commentary, happily, but an examination of the true identity of a believer in Christ.   After some introductory remarks about the book, Driscoll begins in earnest on the different aspects of the believer's identity.   He starts with "I am in Christ” and ends with "I am victorious."    The material in between follows the text of the letter.   His writing is crisp and clear.   It is not a read at one sitting book, however.   He...