BrianCollins

This commentary rose in the rankings before there were many recent, substantial conservative commentaries on Exodus. Currid's EP Study Commentary came out the same year, but in a series that was not well-known. Stuart (NAC), Victor Hamilton, Duane Garrett (KEL), T. D. Alexander (ApOTC), and Eugene Carpenter (EEC) all wrote more substantial volumes subsequent to Enns. While Enns is not without insight, he looks to find problems in the text where there are none, and at times he verges on blasphemy: "The Lord does not know how he might react at some point in the journey; he does not seem to trust himself to control his anger. Thus, it is better that he does not go at all. We should resist the temptation to gloss over this description of God. This is God's Word and this is how he is described. We should not dismiss it on the basis of what we 'know' God to be like" (Enns, NIVAC, 578). This is not a matter of God not knowing what he will do and not trusting himself. God makes this statement precisely because he knows exactly what the people will do (as recounted in Numbers) and that he will in righteousness (not due to any loss of control!) consume them in the way.

This is a useful one-volume commentary from a premillennial perspective. While there are other lengthier and more detailed commentaries available, I often pull this one off my shelf for the premillennial perspective since Young, Oswalt, Motyer, and others are writing from an amillennial perspective.

Pratt's commentary does a good job documenting the structure of Chronicles, including detailed treatments of the structure of each section, and tracking the similarities and differences between Chronicles and parallels material in books like Kings. He is attentive to the theological significance of the text. He will briefly bring in more technical exegetical discussions where needed. This is the first commentary I turn to on Chronicles. [Full Review]

Fanning's commentary on Revelation is now my preferred commentary on the book, edging out Grant Osborne's Baker Exegetical commentary. It is the best futurist, premillennial commentary on the market. Fanning is sober in his judgments, provides helpful and informed comments on the Greek text in the footnotes, and is lucid and brief for the sake of the pastor. Fanning is also informed about genre, typology, and hermeneutics. His introduction is invaluable in that regard For those who come to Revelation as an idealist or preterist, this and Osborne are the two futurist commentaries they should consult, and if they can only consult one, it should be Fanning. [Full Review]