Exploring the Gospel of Mark

John Phillips Commentary

by John Phillips

Books in the "John Phillips Commentary Series" are designed to provide pastors, Sunday school teachers, and students of the Scripture with doctrinally sound interpretation that emphasizes the practical application of Bible truth. Working from the familiar King James Version, Dr. Phillips not only provides helpful commentary on the text, but also includes detailed outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations. Anyone wanting to explore the meaning of God's Word in greater depth--for personal spiritual growth or as a resource for preaching and teaching--will welcome the guidance and insights of this respected series.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 18, 2003

About the author

Dr. John Phillips was born in Britain. He served in the British Army in Palestine where he saw many of the events which led to the birth of the State of Israel. After the War he joined the Bank of Montreal and went to Canada. In the Canadian north-west he founded and pastored a small church in a bi-vocational capacity. He served as assistant director of the Moody Bible Institute's Correspondence School and became well known as a Bible teacher in the Moody Evening School and over the Moody Radio Network. For four years he directed the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the largest in the world at that time with courses available in over 100 languages. Returning to Moody Bible Institute he traveled widely as an itinerant Bible teacher for the Institute's Extension Ministry. He is best known for his EXPLORING and INTRODUCING books. He has written on all the New Testament books and on numerous Old Testament books including EXPLORING GENESIS, EXPLORING PSALMS (2 vols), EXPLORING PROVERBS (2 vols) and EXPLORING THE MINOR PROPHETS. Dr. Phillips' resources have been the companions of pastors, teachers and Bible students everywhere who have turned to them for instruction, illumination, and illustration.

Reviews

[Brandon Vaughan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually got to hear Dr. Phillips preach several years ago before he passed away. I got him to sign my copy of this commentary. I don’t go to Phillips to get a razor close exegesis of the text, but he has a way of bringing the text to life in a practical way that few people can. At times I think he can get a little too allegorical. But I really enjoy gleaning from his thoughts.

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

John Phillips is so readable & applicable. He is more of a devotional read & his stories that he uses as illustrations are worthy of being repeated to others in sermons & lessons.
His commentary on Mark was one of the books I used while preaching through this Gospel over the last year.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, easy to read, verse-by-verse commentary on Mark. Phillips makes a number of great observations about the passages, putting them in geographical, political, and cultural context. I have read a number of his commentaries and will continue to read others that he has written. In my study of the Gospels this year, it is fitting to have read through Mark and this commentary first, as it seems to be the backbone of the other Synoptic Gospels.