The Message of Romans: God's Good News for the World (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is an ideal commentary for pastors, professors, and serious laymen. If you can only afford one commentary on Romans, make it this one.Serving as a pastor for over 25 years, I have either taught or preached through Romans on several occasions. As I was sharing my plans to tackle Romans yet another time, my good friend ( a fellow pastor with degrees from Moody, Dallas, and Trinity) said, "Ed, you have to get Stott's commentary. It is the best. I just did Romans and bought Stott's when I was half-way through. Wish I had it the whole time." Since my pal hesitates making recommendations and does not inflate matters, I knew it had to be good. I took my friend's word and was not disappointed. It was better than I imagined. Much better than Hodge, Lenski, Newell, and a host of others. Not tedious or tangent-prone like some of the mega-sets.Stott is first and foremost an interpretter. He addresses possibilities and then draws his conclusion. He is solid, conservative, believes in sovereign grace, and truly seeks to understand the original intent of the author. His purpose is to interpret correctly, not to twist texts to fit an agenda.He is thorough yet not tedious; understandable but not simplistic; concise, but not cold. The commentary is 406 pages (not including the study guide at the end), but the print is large and easy on the eye. The many Scripture references are footnoted at the bottom of each page (making them easy to find), as are other references, but they take up little space at the bottom. There are no tedious explanatory notes footnoted; all you need is in the text itself.If you are a Bible-believing Christian, this volume is the one to get.

Absolutely one of the best commentary series out today. Super blend of technical and practical insight. I own all of this series and it is my go to because it is written with practical pastoral insights for sermon building. And you have to keep in mind why that’s is: John Stott. Stott was a true pioneer in valuing academic integrity but doing so with simple communication skills. He was brilliant, but ruthlessly committed to simple execution of truth speaking. Stott didn’t see sermons as the place where a preacher impresses an audience with their theological acumen. All of which shows up in this series as he is its general overseer.

This commentary by the late John Stott is a superb and classical exposition of Paul's letter to the Romans. The commentary deals with the complexities and disputed issues that have swirled around the book of Romans for many years, but the author always remains faithful to careful exegesie that reflects a scholarly and evangelical perspective of this magnificent ' charter of salvation'. While scholarly the commentary is not dry or beyond the reach of the average Christian. Buy this book, commit time to reading and studying it and your Christian life will be immeasurably challenged and enriched.

I ordered this wonderful book for my Dad to use with his life group as they go through the book of Romans. He lives in an apartment complex. A GPS should take anyone straight to their building. But I guess for some reason the driver decided to drop it off at the office. So he called me looking for it. I checked my Prime delivery and saw the note that it was left at the front office. The front office did not even call to inform him that a package was delivered. Shipped by AMZL US. Just happy we located the book. Not too happy about AMZL Prime delivery. They need to step up their game.

Stott conveys a sturdy solidarity with the historic Christian faith, rather than promoting any pet agendas of his own, or an abrasive combat with opposing views. He reasons in the spirit of an objective scientist whose field is theology. He offers evidence, reasoning, and cordial summaries of several conflicting viewpoints on key, difficult passages. The conclusions he favors in each case he sets forth mildly in a way that leaves the reader feeling equipped with a credible stance to take on the issue. So, this commentary serves the teacher as a rich resource, and the simple Christian studying Romans as uplifting nourishment to the soul.

John Stott is a master at this: investigation, explanation, elucidation and readability of some heavy duty theological truths. Thank youIf a study of Romans is on you list to do, I recommend this work to you.

Anything written by John Stott is worthreading, but this series in particular (in which he is the general editor of all the books, and an author of several) is helpful for both Bible students and teachers. John was a treasure, and I'm glad his influence continues in his writings.

Most commentaries on Romans are very, very long. John Stott's is perfect in one volume. His understandable and interesting. The books flows easily and clearly. The scripture is contained in the commentary, so you need not flip back and forth through your Bible.