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Elliot Ritzema is the creator of the Spurgeon Commentary series, as well as a contributor to the Faithlife Study Bible and Lexham Bible Dictionary. He holds an MDiv from Regent College. ...more

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	Spurgeon Commentary: Galatians by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Elliot Ritzema (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spurgeon Commentary: Philippians by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Elliot Ritzema (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lexham Bible Dictionary by John D. Barry (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lazarus Wentz (Editor), Douglas Mangum (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spurgeon Commentary: Hebrews by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Elliot Ritzema (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessi Strong (Editor) 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	300 Quotations for Preachers 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spurgeon Commentary: 2 Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, Titus by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Elliot Ritzema (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	300 Sermon Illustrations from Charles Spurgeon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Elliot Ritzema (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Over ten years ago, when I was working at Lexham Press, I had an idea. The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive had just come out, and I wondered: Why not edit Keller’s sermons into a commentary format? I drew up a proposal and sample and we sent it to Keller’s people, and they said no (they already had plans for what to do with his sermons; fair enough).

Then I had another idea: Why not do this with ano

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