Books on the Ten Commandments
Sep/28/2007 00:56 Filed in: Sermon Notes
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I
am preaching through the Ten Commandments in
September and October.
Many books have been written on the Ten Commandments. Let me suggest some books that I have read and may help you understand them.
I mention some details about the writers behind each title. (each link will open in a new window or tab in your browser).
Many books have been written on the Ten Commandments. Let me suggest some books that I have read and may help you understand them.
I mention some details about the writers behind each title. (each link will open in a new window or tab in your browser).
- Edmund Clowney, How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments. Phillipsburg, NJ (P&R Publishing), 2007. (Professor Clowney was one of the founders of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA) has published on the fulfillment of the Old Testament in the New.)
- Philip Ryken, Written in Stone. The Ten Commandments and Today's Moral Crisis. Wheaton, IL, 2003. (Ryken is James Boice's successor as senior minister at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA, where the PCRT (Presbyterian Conference on Reformed Theology) is held every year. He is a prolific writer)
- Michael Horton, The Law of Perfect Freedom. Relating to God and others through the Ten Commandments. Chicago 1993. (Horton is professor at Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, CA. He wrote many books on Reformed theology.)
- Glen Martin, God's Top Ten List. The Ten Commandments. Chicago 1999.
- J.I. Packer, Growing in Christ. Wheaton, IL, 1994. (Short explanations of the commandments in 2-3 pages each. This book also explains the Apostles' Creed, Baptism and Repentance, and prayer.) Packer has written many good books., the most famous being Knowing God. An overview of the books he wrote can be found here.
- J. Douma, The Ten Commandments. Manual for the Christian Life. Phillipsburg, NJ (P&R Publishing), 1996. (this book by my former Ethics professor in Kampen (the Netherlands) was translated from Dutch by prof. Nelson Kloosterman (Mid America Reformed Seminary) who did his Ph.D. with him.)
- John Holbert, The Ten Commandments. A Preaching Commentary.(Series: The Great Texts). Nashville, 2002.
- Chris Hedges, Losing Moses on the Freeway. The 10 Commandments in America. New York, 2005. (this book is of a different kind. Chris Hedges is a veteran war correspondent who publishes about religion and ethics. One of his books is entitled War is a force that gives us meaning. Losing Moses on the freeway is a personal narrative that shows the cost of ignoring God's commandments for American society.)