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.
Don't be fooled! The book title might make you think this is a massive, technical, complex commentary larded with Greek for the cognoscenti. In reality this is the second volume of sermons preached by Phil Ryken a few years ago at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. They are easy to read, heart-warming, and full of Christ.
Ryken has made use of earlier commentaries in his preparation, particularly from David Gooding, and includes helpful, illuminating quotations from them. Most sermons are about 12-14 pages long, set out with headings for his main points, and have application sprinkled throughout. They are straightforward both to read and to understand.
Any Christian would find reading one a day provides a substantial spiritual meal, and focusses the day on Jesus and what he has done for us.
Admittedly the two volumes aren't cheap, between £4o and £50 but they contain 112 sermons which means you get solid scriptural encouragement for about 40p a day. Bargain!