Insights on Romans (Swindoll's New Testament Insights) [Hardcover]

Charles R. Swindoll (Author), Mark W. Gaither (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2009 | Series: Swindoll's New Testament Insights

Journey back in time to ancient Corinth, where, in the house of a Christian named Gaius, the apostle Paul dictates a letter to the Christians in Rome that forever shapes the course of the church. In depth and detail, Chuck Swindoll takes you inside Paul's letter to the Romans. Now, discover for yourself its narrative drive, overarching message, and joyous implications for our lives. Insights on Romans is a stirring exploration of the New Testament's foremost manifesto of faith, righteousness, grace, identification with Christ, and bright hope for the future. Swindoll's New Testament Insights Series 'To the end of my days, my major goal in life is to communicate the Word with accuracy, insight, clarity, and practicality.'---Charles Swindoll Combining rich, rock-solid scholarship with a storyteller's imagery and passion, Chuck Swindoll has a gift for sweeping people into the immediacy of the Scriptures. This landmark series is the legacy of a master teacher and communicator to the church of Jesus Christ. You'll gain remarkable new insights into the Bible---and far more. God's Word will come alive for you, filled with drama, power, and truth, as you journey with Chuck chapter by chapter through the New Testament.

Editorial Reviews

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To lay the theological foundation of Saddleback Church, I spent two years teaching through the book of Romans verse-by-verse to our congregation. During those two years, nothing encouraged me more personally as I prepared those messages than the tape-recorded messages on the book of Romans by my dear friend Chuck Swindoll. Chuck modeled how to teach profound biblical truths in clear, concise, and practical ways. I'm thrilled to see his teaching on Romans in the single published volume, Insights on Romans, and am eager to purchase the rest of the series as it comes out. --Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, author of The Purpose Driven Life

Chuck Swindoll has been a faithful and wise teacher of God's Word for many decades, and I am glad to see this new series that will make his captivating and heart-touching Bible teaching available to many more readers. --Wayne Grudem, PhD, author of Systematic Theology

As a pastor and teacher, I'm always searching for commentaries that will help me gain a more accurate grasp of the text and a clearer understanding of what it means for us today. Not many can deliver on both fronts. But in this first volume of his New Testament Insights series, Chuck Swindoll nails it. I expect that this treatise on Romans and the entire series are destined to become a trusted and well-worn addition to my library. --Larry Osborne, pastor and author, North Coast Church, Vista, CA

Chuck always finds a way to bring to life ancient stories and abstract thoughts. He doesn't have a boring bone in his body. --Philip Yancey, author of What's So Amazing About Grace?

At a time when many people think that the Bible is irrelevant and distant to them, few people have helped to make the Bible accessible to people as much as Chuck Swindoll. Here he unpacks the most doctrinal book of Paul in a way that brings doctrine to life. The combination of solid biblical scholarship, simple and understandable language, lively explanatory illustrations, and relevant contemporary application ensures that this book will serve as a health-giving resource to today's church. --Ajith Fernando, National Director, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka

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'Chuck Swindoll has been a faithful and wise teacher of God's Word for many decades, and I am glad to see this new series that will make his captivating and heart-touching Bible teaching available to many more readers.' -- Wayne Grudem, PhD, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary, Phoenix, Arizona

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Student/Stdy Gde edition (December 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310284309
• ISBN-13: 978-0310284307
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very well-rounded commentary that should be helpful to all., February 24, 2010

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PastoralMusings "mslapastor" (Dixie) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Insights on Romans (Swindoll's New Testament Insights) (Hardcover)

Charles "Chuck" Swindoll has indeed done an amazing job on Insights On Romans.

Listening to Swindoll on the radio is good. Reading his books is good. I never dreamed, however, that his commentary would be so good.

Swindoll combines an amazing amount of background information: society, geography, religious beliefs, politics, etc. He then shows how these things are relevant to the text.

Not only does he do this, but Swindoll takes the text and faithfully expounds upon it.

Then there are charts, maps, illustrations, etc. to help the reader.

Scholar, layman, and pastor will find this a good reference.

I honestly was very pleased with this book and look forward to using it more in the future.

Zondervan has done a great service to the people of Christ by publishing this work by Swindoll.

Thanks to our friends at Zondervan for supplying a copy for review.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Over-whelming insights!, April 14, 2010

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J Book (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Insights on Romans (Swindoll's New Testament Insights) (Hardcover)

This book, another Swindoll, is almost more than you can retain in one reading...in fact, I'm into my second read.

I'm using this book to supplement a Bible class and it is becoming more and more the text for the class.

There is so much info in this book I'm surprised it isn't bigger!

The detail, the accuracy, the organization is beyond compare. I am blabbering all over here.... but Swindoll out-did himself with "Insights".

Buy it, You'll never need another book on Romans and Paul!

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5.0 out of 5 stars comments on what is written, January 21, 2010

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Michael A. Johnson (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Insights on Romans (Swindoll's New Testament Insights) (Hardcover)

Unlike many commentaries, it writes about what the verses actually say rather than Cavinist-Arminian fantasies of what they would like the verses to say. I have seen too many commentaries try to force or rewrite verses to mean the oppocite of what St. Paul really wrote.