GENESIS:
The People's Bible Commentary
By Henry Wansbrough
No. 787-8 128 pp. PhP109 Genesis is the story of our beginning, the story of
the human race and the whole of creation. As we read and understand
those early stories, we read and understand our own, and discover more
and more about the nature and the love of God the Redeemer
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MARK:
The People's Bible Commentary
By R.T. France
No. 788-6 224 pp. P169
Who did Jesus think he was? What has his life then got
to do with our lives now? Mark's Gospel answers both these questions.
His "biography" of Jesus dramatically introduces us to the
life and ideas of the person he describes as 'Jesus Christ, the son
of God'.
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GALATIANS:
The People's Bible Commentary
By John Fenton
No.842-4 100 pp. P 79.00
Do we live the Christian life by being very good and
keeping a whole set of rules and regulations? Is that what it means
to be a Christian? These are questions that we ask as the Christians
at Galatia asked. They had momentarily misunderstood the Christian Gospel
and the Apostle is amazed at their foolishness. He answers their questions
with a passionate and infuriated 'No!' It is by faith that we start
the Christian life, and by faith we life it - in the Spirit and in union
with Christ. A life of astonishing freedom for the Galatians and for
us - and Paul's letter to them can guide us in it too.
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Luke: The
People's Bible Commentary
by Henry Wansbrough
No. 843-2 228 pp. PhP 169
Luke's Gospel contains with the other gospels - the
energy of Mark, the mystical poetry of John, the specifically Jewish
focus of Matthew. He writes with the dignity and calm of contemporary
historians. Luke moves in a richer, more sophisticated world than do
the other evangelists. This may be why he put such stress on the dangers
of wealth standards of success. And throughout his gospel, Luke shows
by constant little touches his awareness that the Good News of Jesus
will spread beyond the people of Israel as he will narrate.
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John:
The People's Bible Commentary
By Richard A. Burridge
270 pp., PhP 179
John's Gospel is often given to people
as a readable account of Jesus of Nazareth, yet it is also a sublime
masterpiece that has occupied theologians and mystics for centuries.
It has been described as 'a book in which a child may paddle but an
elephant can swim deep'. At the same time, however, it is still a story
- the story of Jesus' deeds and words, his signs and teaching, and how
these led to his arrest, death and resurrection. By following the flow
of John's narrative, and showing how it is patterned and devised, this
commentary unpacks the text to help the reader grow in understanding
and faith.
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REVELATION:
The People's Bible Commentary
By
Marcus Maxwell
228 pp., PhP 169
The most mysterious book in the bible, Revelation, holds
out a shining vision of the final triumph of God's kingdom and the eternal
life which God offers to his creation. Handel's "Hallelujah"
chorus from his Messiah takes its words from Revelation: "Hallelujah:
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.' Against this background of hope
stand dire warnings of judgment for a world which ignores its Redeemer
and Creator: polluted seas, dying trees, droughts and famines. The risen
Christ sends a powerful message to the Church in this age: shake off
the temptations to complacency and compromise; be God's army of faithful
witnesses, spreading the word of hope to an unjust world.
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