BST - Bible Speaks Today Commentaries

When death breaks into our lives, the great questions of human existence and destiny confront us. What is life? What is death? Is there an afterlif...

Who do humans think they are?! A cacophony of answers in the face of global challenges - like climate change, artificial intelligence, racism, nati...

The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BC is the likely setting for the book of Lamentations. This was the most traumatic event in ...

This prophetic biblical book was written in a land awash with false gods and groaning under all kinds of social evil. Eventually, the inevitable ha...

The Old Testament book of Daniel contains well-known stories: Daniel in the den of lions, his three companions in a fiery furnace, and the strange ...

Jesus Christ was very clear: one day He will return, and we must know the signs of the times, remain watchful, and be ready for when He comes again...

The letter of 2 Corinthians is important, Paul Barnett believes, for its magnificent message that God's power is brought to people in their weaknes...

In the Book of Job we meet a man who is afflicted physically and emotionally. We encounter friends who do their best, but make things worse. We are...

As a good communicator, James addressed his readers directly and pointedly, with vivid images from ordinary life and attention-gripping statements....

The Book of Esther is one of two books of the Bible to be set entirely outside of the Promised Land, and the only book which does not mention God a...

A new and better society has been the constant dream of men and women. Responding to this dream, John Stott has been attracted back again and again...

The belief that God is a Trinity – one God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is fundamental to Christianity, central to the whole und...

The Bible begins and ends with God dwelling with his people, from Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, to the great multitude in the New Jerusalem i...

'We are all flawed masterpieces,' says Derek Tidball. 'In one way or another, and to one degree or another, the image of God in which we were forme...

OBADIAH, NAHUM AND ZEPHANIAH are probably among the least-read books of the Bible, and rarely preached. However, Gordon Bridger encourages us to st...

Evil and suffering have always been part of human experience - and they present a significant challenge to Christian belief in a good and all-power...

From the earliest pages of the Old Testament, the person of Jesus Christ is the key to the Bible's story of God's unfolding plan to glorify himself...

'Any coherent comment on what the Bible says about the Bible, the Christian Scriptures', says Tim Meadowcroft, 'must address the wider notion that ...

This wide-ranging exposition begins with foundations about women in creation and in the new creation, and then examines women under the old covenan...

Many books on the practice of prayer seem to be informed more by the experiences of their authors than by Scripture. However, the Bible not only te...

The God of the Bible is the living, active and self-revealing God. He takes the initiative in making himself known. He is a speaking God, and he ca...

'Sonship' is an important biblical theme. Trevor Burke shows how God is making for himself a family of sons and daughters who will serve and reign ...

The Bible Speaks Today Bible Themes series is a comprehensive collection of Bible studies edited by Derek Tidball. Each book will help you to gain ...

This book is about the best news the world has ever heard - the message of salvation. The Bible itself is the word of salvation, the message of g...

The Bible Speaks Today Bible Themes series is a comprehensive collection of Bible studies edited by Derek Tidball. Each book will help you to gain ...

The message of the Resurrection, believes Paul Beasley-Murray, is not just for Easter. It lies at the heart of the gospel and of the New Testament....

The Bible Speaks Today Old Testament set covers every book of the Old Testament across 33 volumes. These revised editions are redesigned inside and...

The Bible Speaks Today New Testament set covers every book of the New Testament across 22 volumes. These revised editions are redesigned inside and...

The Bible Speaks Today Whole Bible set covers every book of the Old and New Testaments across 55 volumes. These revised editions are redesigned in...

A cursory reading of the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, would lead to some unfortunate conclusions: the Holy Spirit acts only intermittentl...

OBADIAH, NAHUM AND ZEPHANIAH are probably among the least-read books of the Bible, and rarely preached. However, Gordon Bridger encourages us to st...

n the small province of Yehud in the sixth century BC, Zechariah the prophet was thoroughly engaged with the realities of his own day, but never cl...

The Apostle Paul was bound by prison chains when he wrote to the church at Philippi. Despite his loss of liberty, and opposition from fellow-worker...

The Book of Nehemiah offers a first-hand telling of how ancient Jerusalem's walls were rebuilt in the face of great odds after the Babylonian exile...

The Prophet Jeremiah addressed the people of Judah and Jerusalem over a forty-year period leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC. The...

Despite the centuries which separate us from the authors of these proverbs, the everyday realities of human existence remain: making friends, copin...

'Affluence, exploitation and the profit motive were the most notable features of the society which Amos observed and in which he worked... Standard...

At the beginning of 1 and 2 Kings, Solomon's reign brought peace, prosperity, dynamic international trade and a magnificent center of worship. At t...

"Go and marry a prostitute." These are the first words God spoke to his prophet Hosea. Why would he ask this of one of his special spokesmen? Becau...

The 'great fish' has probably made Jonah the best known of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. The book bearing his name, comprising ju...

Joel, Micah and Habakkuk - these ancient prophets have urgent relevance for a church and world at the beginning of a new millennium. They emphasise...

The whole story of the Old Testament book of Exodus is a covenant narrative; in Moses' story, the pledges that God made to Abraham are honoured and...