Daily Prayers:
- A. Book of Common Prayer
- A. Book of Common Prayer 2
- A. Divine Hours
- A. Evening Prayer (Anglican)
- A. Morning Prayer (Anglican)
- Celtic Prayer
- Creeds of Christendom
- Eastern Orthodox Prayers
- Lectionary
- Liturgy of the Hours
- Missio Dei
Emerging Movement:
- Andrew Jones
- Andrew Perriman
- Anthony Stiff
- Art Boulet
- Bob Robinson
- Br. Maynard
- Dan Kimball
- David Fitch
- Dogwood Abbey
- Ecclesia Network
- Emerging Women
- Eugene Cho
- Henrik Holmgaard
- Jamie Arpin-Ricci
- Jazz Theologian
- John Frye
- John Lagrou
- Jonny Baker
- JR Briggs
- Leonard Hjamarlson
- LeRon Shults
- Lukas McKnight
- Peggy Brown
- Sivin Kit
- Stephen Shields
- Steve McCoy
- Steve Taylor
- Tamara Buchan
- The Practicing Church
- Tim Miekley
- Todd Hiestand
- Tom Smith (RSA)
- Tony Jones
Other sites I frequent:
- Allan Bevere
- Andy Rowell
- Attie Nel
- Barna
- Brad Boydston
- Chris Ridgeway
- CC Blogs
- Don Johnson
- Ed Gilbreath
- Erika Haub (Carney)
- Faith Blogging
- Falsani
- Fr. Rob
- Hummers
- iMonk
- James McGrath
- Jim Martin
- John Stackhouse
- JR Woodward
- Karen Spears Zacharias
- Laura Barringer
- LaVonne Neff
- LeaderFOCUS
- LL Barkat
- Luke/Annika
- Mark Galli
- Mark Roberts
- Michael Kruse
- Nexus
- Owen Youngman
- Ted Gossard
- Tom Wright
Recommended Online Readings:
Scholarly Books I’ve written:
- Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
- Hist Jesus Anthology
- Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels
- Introducing NT Interpretation
- Jesus and His Death
- Jesus in Memory (ed.)
- New Vision for Israel
- Synoptics: Biblio
- The Face of New Testament Studies
- Who Do They Say I Am?
Scholarship Online:
- Apollos
- Books & Culture
- ChristianityToday
- CS Lewis
- EAC
- Early Xian Writings
- Euaggelion
- Gospels
- Jesus and His Death Blog
- Karl Barth Online
- Mark Goodacre’s Weblog
- Online Journals Access
- Online Pseudepigraph
- Pete Enns
- Prime Time Jesus
- Theopedia
- ThinkTank
Stuff online:
- 5 Streams
- Big Muddy
- Catalyst Scripture
- Catching the Wave
- DaVinci Code
- Forgiveness
- Future or Fad?
- Gospel of Judas
- High Calling
- Interview on Emerging
- Interview with LL Barkat
- IVCF Eikons
- IVCF Gospel
- John Bunyan
- Keys of the Kingdom
- Lake Emerging
- Mary in CT
- Missional in Seattle
- Missional Matrix
- Nativity Story
- Never Alone
- New Perspective
- Pepperdine Interview
- Professor as Scholar
- Recl Mind Mary 1
- Robust Gospel
- Social Justice
- Trojan Horse 2
- WiredParish Mary Interview
- Word/World NPP















posted May 28, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I appreciated reading the NIV Application Commentary for Galatians myself. I used it and Longenecker’s commentary (mentioned above) to help prepare for a Sunday School class on Galatians that spanned several months. I recommend both books. Both were excellent and both left a mark. That study deeply affected my thinking.
I believe it was Scot’s commentary that limned two circles: Spirit and flesh. Spirit = fruit of the Spirit stuff, Flesh = everything else (including my best efforts). That was like throwing a stick of dynamite under an arctic ice sheet. The rumble was small at first, but then the effects kept rippling through, changing the landscape of my thinking.
I hope I have not misrepresented or misused your work, Scot! Paul’s original letter continues to be a powerful statement on its own. But I certainly recommend Scot’s and Longenecker’s commentaries to go along with it.
posted May 28, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I misspelled my own name in #1!
Not a scholarly commentary per se, but I think Constable’s notes can be a worthwhile reference. He often has a number of good footnotes. Even if you disagree with his conclusion on a given topic I think his discussion is often worth reading.
He has notes for each book of the Bible. Here is the link for Galatians:
http://www.soniclight.com/constable/notes/pdf/galatians.pdf
posted May 28, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Scot,
I recommend your commentary to many! Personally, I find Richard Hays very theologically rich commentary in the New Interpreter’s Bible to be most useful. He combines New Perspective elements, Salvation-historical (with focus on Paul’s use of Scripture) and apocalyptic.
posted May 28, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I preached through Galatians a couple of years ago, and while there are some great commentaries out there (yours included, Scot), I found a series of lectures by Gordon Fee to be both helpful and delightful–a great listen! They’re entitled “Galatians in a Week,” from Regent College (similar to Wright’s well-known “Romans in a Week” lectures). Fee has a new commentary on Galatians, but I’ve not been able to use it. But I highly recommend the lectures.
posted May 29, 2009 at 1:20 am
I would definitely add to the mix: Ben Witherington’s Grace in Galatia. As well as the aforementioned Fee and Hays on Galatians. They’re very helpful for preaching/teaching on this intense epistle.
posted May 29, 2009 at 9:01 am
Coming Soon: Brian Vickers in the NCC edited by Michael Bird and Craig Keener.
posted May 29, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Don Garlington has an excellent FREE commentary you can download from the Paul Page:
http://www.thepaulpage.com/Shorter_Galatians.pdf
posted May 30, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Certainly these two by Richard Hays: The Faith of Christ (not a commentary, per se) and his section on Galatians in the New Interpreter’s Bible series.
posted May 31, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Gordon Fee’s “Pentecostal Commentary”,
Hays in the NIB (which picks up on Martyn’s apocalyptic themes but seems more balanced),
Dunn’s book on the theological issues in Galatians,
Wright’s “entry-level” commentary,
and some of the papers that Wright has on the web.
Now, I also read some of the typical “old perspective” commentaries and it was as if they were talking about another book!
posted July 19, 2009 at 3:12 pm
To all those mentioned, I would add Walter Hansen’s work from IVP. I have found it to be quite good – richly condensed – despite a place or two where I disagree with him. A lay person should have little trouble with him.