W. H. Griffith Thomas (1861–1924)

This one's a twofer--two classic commentaries by two different authors in one book. Rev. Thomas' outline of 2nd Peter was terse, to the point and kind of meh. Perhaps my reception of his work suffered because he had to follow Rev. Leighton. Archbishop Leighton did a phenomenal job of studying 1st Peter. He pulls apart the text phrase by phrase, connecting them to other scripture passages and the Christian's daily walk with Christ. I can see why they bothered to republish it over 300 years show more after it was written.
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Griffith Thomas classic book on the 39 articles is a glimpse into the evangelical side of the Church of England. Thomas spends much of the book defending the Anglican brand from its two extremes, Puritanism and Romanism. A moderate Calvinism marks the pages, as Thomas explains each Article, its history, its purpose, and how it has worked itself out over time. The book is very easy to read, and its polemics are mild at best. It would probably do well for all of us to return to our church's show more foundation documents and reacquaint ourselves with our theological basis. SDG. show less

In all, Methods of Bible Study offers a competent program for study of the Bible that is inclusive and useful for the Christian laity, scholars, and preachers. The author makes clear that anyone committed to God, and able to devote effort to their scriptural study, can attain a reasonable level of understanding.

Shallow

Although the book tries to cover everything that has to do with HS, many times the differences between concepts are not clear enough. Also it has lots of repetition of ideas.