NIV Application Commentary: 1 Peter (Scot McKnight)

…books are perennial bestsellers that prove to be informative, edifying, and challenging. 1 Peter [NIVAC] is no exception to this rule. McKnight does an excellent job of illuminating the rich…

NIV Application Commentary: Luke (Darrell L. Bock)

Darrell Bock, author of Luke [NIVAC], is a cutting edge and very popular evangelical scholar known for strong conservative stances on biblical authority, historicity of the Gospel accounts, and traditional…

NIV Application Commentary: 2 Corinthians (Scott J. Hafemann)

…concern for the eternal destiny of the Corinthians, and even anger. In 2 Corinthians [NIVAC] Scott J. Hafemann reconciles three key themes to one another that are critical to rightly…

NIV Application Commentary: 2 Peter, Jude (Douglas J. Moo)

In 2 Peter & Jude [NIVAC] Douglas Moo unpacks a surprising number of insights and practical lessons from two of the New Testament’s least used and most underrated books. While…

NIV Application Commentary: Matthew (Michael J. Wilkins)

Matthew, the most Jewish of the four gospels, has as its overarching theme the kingdom of God and Jesus as its king. Michael. J. Wilkins illuminates lessons from three distinct…

NIV Application Commentary: Letters of John (Gary M. Burge)

As Burge shows in this commentary, the Johannine community was struggling with internal theological threats that can only be called heretical. “Threats that were once external” – believers in secret…

NIV Application Commentary: Job (John H. Walton)

The title character of the book of Job suffers terribly, but we should not mistakenly think that this book is just about Job. According to insightful, ground-breaking scholar John Walton,…

NIV Application Commentary: Joel, Obadiah, Malachi (David W. Baker)

These three short prophetic books of the Old Testament each contain a dual message. On one hand are messages of impending judgment—for all peoples on the Day of the Lord,…

NIV Application Commentary – New Testament (20 volumes)

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the…

NIV Application Commentary: 1 and 2 Kings (August H. Konkel)

Readers of 1 and 2 Kings commonly approach these books as a straightforward chronology of post-Davidic Israel: the inauguration of Solomon’s reign, the division of the kingdom following his death,…