James

The NIV Application Commentary, New Testament #19

by David P. Nystrom

James, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of James can have the same powerful impact today that it did when the author first wrote it.

Genres: Christian, Reference, New Testament, Theology, Biblical Studies

CD-ROM

First published November 3, 1997

About the author

David Nystrom has been at William Jessup University for two years. He is an adjunct professor of NT at Fuller Theological Seminary and at Western Seminary. He is married to Kristina and they have one daughter, Annika, who is nine years old. Dave is the author of dozens of articles and two books, The NIV Application Commentary, James, published by Zondervan, and The History of Christianity published by McGraw-Hill.

Reviews

[Benjamin Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

The NIVAC series is my go to for sermon prep. David Nystrom, just like the letter of James, challenges the believer in many ways. He does a fantastic job of demonstrating numerous ways in which a believer walks a double-minded life. He uses a rich variety of sources, which the reader can access well in the footnotes. This commentary was fantastic. I would recommend it for anything from devotional reading, to Sunday School prep, to sermon prep, to scholarly paper prep.

You will see reviews stating that he gives too much opinion. This is what I greatly appreciate! He takes the time to bridge the text into the uncomfortable and idolatrous corners of our heart that the initial letter of James "to the 12 tribes scattered" was meant to address. Too often we let the epistles of Scripture sit comfortably 2000 years ago, without seeing just how much of what we normalize is the same sin that God was addressing. I applaud the way that Dr Nystrom wrote this commentary.

[Bob Wolniak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful for sermon prep

[Simon O'Mahony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I have not read this cover to cover, the parts I dipped into were somewhat disappointing.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good support material for teaching the book of James.
Some of it is more opinionated than it needs to be.

[Frans Kempe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent Bible Study of James. A bit theological language wise and a bit more scholarly applications made it a bit more difficult than other books in the NIV application series.