On My Desk: P.D. Miller’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (WJK)

I am excited to tell you that I have begun reading Patrick Miller’s The Ten Commandments from WJK in the Interpretation series.  I am currently preparing lectures on Exodus and the Decalogue, so this is very timely for me!  It is a whopping 400 pages – a book with gravitas in many respects!  It is not a historical or a history-of-religion study at all, but a theological-pastoral study that is based on exegesis, but does not work like a commentary.  It is largely based on his lecture notes, so it has a sermonic feel to it, without being preachy and cliche.

For teachers and preachers, not only are his exegetical thoughts and theological points cogent, but his illustrations and canonical perspectives are insightful and refreshing.  I have only finished the first chapter, but I imagine that I will be done in no time if the rest of the chapters are as engaging as the first!  More to come…