William Hendriksen (1900–1982)

One of the most sensible interpretations of the book of Revelation I've read. Hendriksen takes the approach that the main purpose of the Apocalyse was to "comfort the militant Church in its struggle against the forces of evil." It was written for believers in the Apostle John's time (the end of the first century), but was intended for believers of all generations. Hendriksen argues that John used a series of seven parallel but progressively climactic sections to convey God's word of show more assurance to believers - i.e., that Jesus Christ and his church will ultimately triumph over Satan and his diabolical schemes.

Hendriksen's writing style is reader friendly: erudite but not ostentatious. Although first published decades ago, it serves as a needed corrective to the dispensationalism popularized by Hal Lindsey in the '70s, and more recently by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins's "Left Behind" series, which may be interesting fiction but poor theology. Every student of the Apocalypse needs to read this book. There is an index and a substantial bibliography. show less

Not terribly complicated and he does make some interesting points. Helps point out how sections of Mark's gospel tie together and how the book is organized. He has written a lot of other commmentaries and it is annoying to send us to those for explanations of certain points. However, the book does okay without going to commentaries on other books.
I like to read a commentary on the book we will going through that year, and this is my second on Mark. CPH needs to get a Concordia Commentary out show more before the next go-round! show less

This is a new publishing of a classic book. They layout was easy to read and it was a book that was still inspirational after all this time. I had heard passages from this book over time and decided it was time to see it in its entirety. It is a book that is meant to be shared and used for inspiration for all. It gives you a great set of help to use scriptures to understand what is going on in the world that is just as relevant today as it was 75 years ago.
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I'm using this commentary to study John's gospel in a bit more depth than the Sunday School curriculum for my high-school Sunday School class, so I can't say I'm reading the entire commentary, but its really, really good.