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Exploring the Psalms, Vol.2: 42-72 / Hardcover / John Phillips
ISBN: 9780872136854 / 978-0872136854 / 087213685X
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- Publisher : Loizeaux Brothers (January 1, 1989)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 285 pages
- ISBN-10 : 087213685X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0872136854
- Item Weight : 1.35 pounds
Dr. John Phillips was born in Britain. He served in the British Army in Palestine where he saw many of the events which led to the birth of the State of Israel. After the War he joined the Bank of Montreal and went to Canada. In the Canadian north-west he founded and pastored a small church in a bi-vocational capacity. He served as assistant director of the Moody Bible Institute's Correspondence School and became well known as a Bible teacher in the Moody Evening School and over the Moody Radio Network. For four years he directed the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the largest in the world at that time with courses available in over 100 languages. Returning to Moody Bible Institute he traveled widely as an itinerant Bible teacher for the Institute's Extension Ministry. He is best known for his EXPLORING and INTRODUCING books. He has written on all the New Testament books and on numerous Old Testament books including EXPLORING GENESIS, EXPLORING PSALMS (2 vols), EXPLORING PROVERBS (2 vols) and EXPLORING THE MINOR PROPHETS. Dr. Phillips' resources have been the companions of pastors, teachers and Bible students everywhere who have turned to them for instruction, illumination, and illustration.
Exploring the Psalms, Vol. 2, Psalms 42-72. By John Phillips. Neptune, N.J.: Loizeaux Brothers, 1986. 285 pp.
The book of psalms is possibly the most widely read book in the Bible. It is, therefore, a great help to many people to have an able Bible teacher such as John Phillips provide background and commentary on this second main section of the Psalms. With his prolific use of the alliterative outline method of analysis, the author summarizes and interprets the message of each psalm in the series.
The literal and modern meaning of many Hebraic words and expressions is given, illuminating many familiar passages for the reader. Preachers and teachers will find many practical contemporary illustrations taken from the author’s personal experiences. The prophetic nature of many psalms is clearly expounded and there are many allusions to the types and shadows of Christ that abound in these great poetic passages.
Each chapter deals with one psalm, while some of the chapter headings whet the appetite for further study. “The Thirsty Soul,” “The Poisonous Tongue,” and “Knocked Down but Not Knocked Out,” are a few examples. Also, wherever the psalmist is known, his background and motive for writing are given. Some are designated “Orphan Psalms” in the absence of any clear knowledge of the writer’s identity.
Serious students of the Word, as well as the casual reader who has only a superficial knowledge of the Bible, will find much food for reflection and collateral study, using the copious references the author employs to illustrate his comments.
—Arthur F. Wilder
