The Corinthian church has made much progress since Paul’s first letter. God has indeed worked in this real church. Now, in Gordon Keddie’s next devotional commentary,The Real Christian,we see Paul encourage those believers in a more personal way about matters like suffering, comfort, forgiveness, false teaching, disputes, giving, and hope. Keddie presses us to take this counsel to heart today and, in all these things, to fix our eyes on the real Jesus.
The life of the apostle Paul confounded the false teachers in Corinth. How, they wondered, could true apostleship involve such great suffering? Yet in his second epistle to the Corinthians, Paul provides a model for Spirit-worked ministry and indeed the entire Christian life that involves hope, confidence, and joy amid suffering. In this epistle, Paul not only addresses suffering, but he also teaches on relevant topics such as joy, preaching, giving, weakness, single-mindedness, the resurrection, and the cultivation of an eternal perspective. Characteristic of Keddie—who so skillfully combined exegetical acuity, biblical wisdom, and pastoral care in his preaching and writing—every chapter of this clear, Christ-centered, and experiential work is as insightful as a commentary, as practical as a devotional, and as edifying as a sermon.
Joel R. Beeke chancellor and professor of homiletics & systematic theology, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Written with a lucidity that is born of a thorough familiarity with God's Word, and an experience of the things of which he writes, this commentary on 2 Corinthians is a very pastoral exploration of the apostle Paul's letter that deals with so much of his pain, suffering, and opposition. We come to see that these are not working against God's plan for his servants but rather that they are the means by which we are sanctified and prepared for usefulness. Keddie's distinctive prose invites us along on this journey to get to know the apostle and the apostle's Savior, our Lord Jesus. It would be a very useful book for the pastor who is preaching these chapters, or for personal and devotional study.
Jeff Kingswood pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church in Woodstock, Ont.
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