What Makes the Preaching the Word Commentary Series Unique?

Created to Be Clear and Life-Changing

The Preaching the Word commentary series is unique because I’ve asked all the contributors to have preached the content of their commentary viva voce, or live. If you’re preaching to an audience with the goal of their comprehension, it has to be clear enough for them to understand. So one of the things that you’ll find about the commentaries is that they are clear, the ideas are thought through and digested, and the content is written entirely by skilled preachers of the Word.

I hear people say, “I wasn’t able to understand what this passage meant. But I picked up Preaching the Word on the book of Romans or on Ecclesiastes and it was clear.” So it’s the clarity that attends these commentaries that makes them unique.

Preaching the Word

Written to help Bible teachers better interpret and apply the message of Scripture, this 19-volume collection of commentaries on the entire New Testament is a multipurpose resource for anyone who loves to study God’s Word.

But it is also the pastoral heart that is invested in this series—that’s vital. The series is meant to change lives. And we’ve got some really skilled practitioners to instruct on how to do just that.

R. Kent Hughes (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, and former professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hughes is also a founder of the Charles Simeon Trust, which conducts expository preaching conferences throughout North America and worldwide. He serves as the series editor for the Preaching the Word commentary series and is the author or coauthor of many books. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Spokane, Washington, and have four children and an ever-increasing number of grandchildren.