Ephesians

New site[...] aggregates user ratings, academic weight, series, and notes from the Denver Seminar Journal. It currently rates Klyne's Snodgrass' Ephesians commentary in the top three available. Denver (Craig L. Blomberg, et al) marks this one as the "Must Have" Evangelical commentary on Ephesians. Seminary students who have had Professor Snodgrass (we call him Klyne), have a bit of an inside track that may be helpful. It's likely there isn't a more respected (and liked!) professor at North Park Theological Seminary (and far wider circles could easily be argued). He is precise, pastoral, theological, encyclopedic, genuine, careful, and insanely familiar with the text.

Dr. Snodgrass turns sermon prep into a Spirit filled experience by offering profound thought and application of Ephesians to the modern life. Klyne takes Paul's call to "ground, shape and challenge the readers so they might live a life of faith" to the contemporary church through exegetical insights and profound application. This commentary is simply outstanding at numberous levels. It has impacted my spiritual walk and has been a powerful preaching/teaching tool.

As a minister, I decided to preach through the book of Ephesians. Because I tend to preach with a more exegetical style, I was very interested in having a commentary that examined the history of the text and gave practical use for today. This commentary accomplished all of this and more. Yes, there were times when I felt that Snodgrass's application was perhaps not for what I was looking. However, the most significant part to me was exegetically handling the Word of God. I recommend this commentary to both lay people and ministers.