Several years ago, my plan for preaching started making a
marked change in its direction. I
started working with the process of expository preaching. To this date, I have completed several long
passages of Scripture in this manner. When
I started this journey, I realized that my study habits would have to change
and also my reading tools would have to change also. Expository preaching means that you will have
to use commentaries and language helps to accomplish the task of preaching God’s
Word. So I started the process of
purchasing good reference books that would serve more as tools to go back to
more than once. Last year it was my good
fortune to become a book reviewer for Kregel Publications. They have an arm called the Academic division
that supplies some very good reference material for an expositor. This volume on Judges and Ruth was sent to me
by Kregel.
The most recent commentary is written by Robert B. Chisholm Jr.,
A Commentary on Judges and Ruth. Kregel sent me this book several months ago
while I was just beginning to do an expository series on Psalms. I judged this book by Chisholm and liked it
so well that I ended up purchasing Kregel’s volumes on Psalms by Allen P. Ross
(the last volume is not available yet which will cover Psalms 90-150). The Ross volumes are also very good and worth
the investment.
