Book Review: 1 & 2 Timothy For You
Book Review: 1 & 2 Timothy For You
15 June 2019
Author Phillip Jensen continues his teaching series with obvious passion, and in everyday, easy-to-understand language.
The God’s Word For You series now includes more than 20 titles and this volume, on 1 & 2 Timothy, is a welcome addition to the growing set.
In broad terms, these books are ‘everyman’ devotional commentaries. That is, they are not academic commentaries or phrased in complex theological and linguistic terms; they are designed for a Christian who is reading through Scripture and wants some insight into what they are reading.
In this volume, our guide is Anglican cleric and former dean of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Phillip Jensen. For several decades, Jensen has been a champion of teaching the Gospel in everyday language and this book is a continuation and evidence of that passion.
The book works through the letters from Paul to Timothy and at the end of each exploration of a passage there are some questions for devotional reflection. The book – and the series – is also an excellent resource as a small group curriculum.
I’m reminded of the episode in Acts 8 of Philip and the Ethiopian where the man says to Philip, “How can I understand it [scripture] unless someone explains it to me?”
That’s what this book and this series does, very well.
Available now at Koorong.
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