Exodus (ESV Edition): Saved for God's Glory (Preaching the Word) by Philip Graham Ryken

by Philip Graham Ryken

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1811

About the author

Philip Graham Ryken is Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, where he has preached since 1995. He is Bible Teacher for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, speaking nationally on the radio program Every Last Word. Dr. Ryken was educated at Wheaton College (IL), Westminster Theological Seminary (PA) and the University of Oxford (UK), from which he received his doctorate in historical theology. He lives with his wife (Lisa) and children (Joshua, Kirsten, Jack, Kathryn, and Karoline) in Center City, Philadelphia. When he is not preaching or spending time with his family, he likes to read books, play sports, and ponder the relationship between Christian faith and American culture. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Bible commentaries on Exodus, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Galatians.

Reviews

[L]

The Preaching the Word series is in a format that’s different than what I’m used to for commentaries. The authors have preached the material in the commentaries, so these read more like sermon transcripts than sermon/teaching helps. Some people will really enjoy this format; others may want to use them as a supplement to other works.

Ryken does a good job of pointing to Christ in Exodus. I loved what he highlighted about Moses as mediator.

[Jennifer Ritchie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really enjoying this commentary until the section covering the plague of flies in Egypt, in which the author claims that the Egyptians worshipped Beelzebub, “lord of the flies.” That’s just factually incorrect. Beelzebul (probable meaning: “Lord of Heaven”) was a Canaanite/Philistine god (2 Kings: “god of Ekron”), and “Beelzebub” meaning “lord of the flies” is likely a derogatory pun used by the Biblical writers. Ancient Egyptians had no connection with this false god. A commentary that doesn’t get basic historical data correct isn’t, to my mind, very useful.