Commentaries are the way to go. the Tyndale series is excellent. Read them on the Logos app. Last week, I used the MacArthur commentary for Revelation. It was great too. Now it’s James White, his trinity book. Kindle 😅.
For you German speaking audience: the Wiersbe commentaries are also available in German. However, each volume costs 69.90€ and there are five volumes. That is 349.50€ for the whole set.
I built up an extensive collection of Biblical works pre 1900, as I believed this have me a foundation of what the enlightenment movement 'mind-set'. Most of was just thrown out as junk for a few bucks,... even a 1769 church bible was near worthless, but so rich in composition and margin texts. Then collected a range of old academic reference, plus scripture,... by the time after 1945 evangelistic period it's all changed in textual quality. The best library is the Escoteric Library handed down from the angelics, everything else is just novels. So much textural works are just repetitious with no new thought. Rudolf Steiner was most enlightening.
I appreciate the level of effort that you put into your research and videos. I wonder if Jesus really expected his followers to amass a library to understand his message? What about Christians in the centuries after his death? For a time, they did not even have a canonical NT, how could they please God well? I consistently see this notion that the Bible is not enough and we need more. That's really how WT got its start with Russell's 6 volume commentary on the scriptures. I do not understand why God would provide a book for us that is insufficient to lead mankind to salvation?
I don't think that Jesus expects us to have amass a library. I am also not sure if David and Vivian are saying this. There are videos where they just point to 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 which is the Gospel presented in some verses. All we need. I think David and Vivian point to the books since David landed softly after realizing that the Watchtower was lying to him. He kept his faith because he knew what Christians said. Additionally, becoming a JW is more an "acadamic approach" by gaining knowledge. Getting out of the Watchtower is sometimes also a more "acadamic approach". I read many old publications of the Watchtower to be convinced that they never had the truth. I read some Christian commentaries and other books to become aware that you can have different approaches to the Bible and can have different - but equally valuable - opinions on details. Reading some of they books they recommend made me more humble.
Thank you so much for sharing this ❤️🙏🏻
Commentaries are the way to go. the Tyndale series is excellent. Read them on the Logos app. Last week, I used the MacArthur commentary for Revelation. It was great too. Now it’s James White, his trinity book. Kindle 😅.
For you German speaking audience: the Wiersbe commentaries are also available in German. However, each volume costs 69.90€ and there are five volumes. That is 349.50€ for the whole set.
I built up an extensive collection of Biblical works pre 1900, as I believed this have me a foundation of what the enlightenment movement 'mind-set'.
Most of was just thrown out as junk for a few bucks,... even a 1769 church bible was near worthless, but so rich in composition and margin texts.
Then collected a range of old academic reference, plus scripture,... by the time after 1945 evangelistic period it's all changed in textual quality.
The best library is the Escoteric Library handed down from the angelics, everything else is just novels.
So much textural works are just repetitious with no new thought.
Rudolf Steiner was most enlightening.
I appreciate the level of effort that you put into your research and videos. I wonder if Jesus really expected his followers to amass a library to understand his message? What about Christians in the centuries after his death? For a time, they did not even have a canonical NT, how could they please God well?
I consistently see this notion that the Bible is not enough and we need more. That's really how WT got its start with Russell's 6 volume commentary on the scriptures. I do not understand why God would provide a book for us that is insufficient to lead mankind to salvation?
I don't think that Jesus expects us to have amass a library. I am also not sure if David and Vivian are saying this. There are videos where they just point to 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 which is the Gospel presented in some verses. All we need.
I think David and Vivian point to the books since David landed softly after realizing that the Watchtower was lying to him. He kept his faith because he knew what Christians said. Additionally, becoming a JW is more an "acadamic approach" by gaining knowledge. Getting out of the Watchtower is sometimes also a more "acadamic approach". I read many old publications of the Watchtower to be convinced that they never had the truth. I read some Christian commentaries and other books to become aware that you can have different approaches to the Bible and can have different - but equally valuable - opinions on details. Reading some of they books they recommend made me more humble.