Matthew
is the newest entry in R.C. Sproul’s New Testament commentary series. This series
takes Sproul’s expositional sermons an said books and compiles them into a
commentary. There are six volumes in the series, in Sproul’s signature
conversational style. It is this very style that makes this volume easily accessible
to the pastor looking for help preparing a sermon or the average Joe just
looking for some clarity about a particular passage.
In the world of commentaries there are polar ends of the
spectrum from the highly technical to the purely devotional, this work falls
somewhere in between. It is not technical to the point of breaking down Greek
words and participles and the such but it gives you a nice verse by verse explanation
of the material being discussed. This is by no means a short book and I would
not see anyone sitting down to read all 800+ pages just for something to do.
If you are a pastor working on sermon in the Gospel of
Matthew and would like a little extra pastoral insight, this work lets you feel
like you picked up the phone and asked Sproul himself to give you the none
technical response to a particular section of Scripture. And if you are reading
through the Gospel in your personal devotions this work will also provide you
the extra insight to apply the word to your life and have a greater
understanding of what was going on at the time.
I have no problem recommending this work to anyone who
happens to be looking for a good commentary on Matthew, as long as they are not
looking for a bunch of technical jargon and Greek definitions. I did receive a complimentary
copy of this work in exchange for my fair and honest review; I was not required
to give a positive review of this material in order to receive it. So dig in
the book of Matthew and let Sproul give you some pastoral insight as you go.
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