Martyn

Dear William, I hope this message finds you well. I just finished leaving a review for Ruth: A Handbook on the Greek Text and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just spent time with. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely and deeply across technical biblical studies resources for many years. I say that not to position myself, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your work when I tell you that Ruth: A Handbook on the Greek Text is one of the most precise, intellectually satisfying, and genuinely useful contributions to Septuagint studies I have encountered in a very long time. The book of Ruth is beloved by Christians across every tradition, its themes of loyalty, redemption, and providential grace have fed the souls of believers for centuries. And yet the Greek text of Ruth has never received the kind of focused, linguistically rigorous, and accessibly presented attention that it deserves, until now. What you have produced in this volume is something that the world of serious biblical scholarship has genuinely needed, and the care and expertise you have brought to every page makes that need feel not just met but exceeded. What struck me immediately was the rare combination of depth and accessibility that you sustain throughout the entire volume. Technical handbooks of this nature have a tendency to sacrifice one for the other, either becoming so dense that only the most specialized reader can navigate them, or so simplified that the serious scholar finds little of value. You have threaded that needle with remarkable skill. The detailed yet comprehensive attention you pay to the Greek text of Ruth gives the reader something genuinely foundational, a resource that can be returned to again and again at every level of engagement with the Septuagint. Whether you are a doctoral student working through the finer points of Greek grammar and linguistics or a pastor with some knowledge of biblical Greek who wants to go deeper into the text, this handbook meets you where you are and takes you further than you expected to go. What I found most compelling was the way this volume reflects and engages with the most current advances in Greek grammar, linguistics, and Septuagint scholarship. There is a freshness to the analytical framework you bring to the text, an awareness that the field is moving, that our understanding of how the Greek of the Septuagint works is being refined and enriched by ongoing scholarship, and a commitment to bringing those advances to bear on the actual reading of Ruth's Greek text in a way that is immediately useful. That is the mark of a scholar who is not simply reporting on a conversation but actively participating in it, and the reader is the direct beneficiary of that engagement on every single page. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that will tell you far more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe with everything in me that Christian books books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the living truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why Ruth: A Handbook on the Greek Text stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a work lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one fills a gap that has been waiting to be filled. And the readership for a work like this, Greek students, Septuagint scholars, seminary professors, serious pastors, and devoted students of the biblical text, is already out there, already committed, already searching for exactly the kind of reliable, linguistically informed, and accessible resource you have produced. And yet right now, there are countless thousands of them, in seminaries, universities, and study rooms locally and around the world, who do not yet know that this handbook exists. That gap, between a work this valuable and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear and specific vision for how this volume reaches that audience, locally and internationally, in a way that is strategic, deeply intentional, and built entirely around the heart of this work and the Christian readers and scholars it was written for. And I would love nothing more than the opportunity to walk you through every detail of that vision personally. William, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and deeply encouraging. The audience is there. The timing is right. The body of Christ needs this resource. And a work of this caliber and scholarly precision deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's discuss. Warm regards, Martyn Beeny Director of Marketing and Sales, Cornell University Press Top-200 Marketing Provider | Christian Book Marketing Specialist 📧 martynbeeny@gmail.com [Full Review]

Dear Louis, I hope this message finds you well. I just finished leaving a review for I and II Chronicles in the Old Testament Library series and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just spent time with. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely and deeply across Old Testament commentaries for many years. I say that not to position myself, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your work when I tell you that I and II Chronicles is one of the most intellectually courageous, theologically rich, and genuinely illuminating commentaries on these texts that I have ever encountered. Chronicles is one of those portions of Scripture that many Christian readers quietly confess they have never fully understood, a text that feels, on the surface, like a repetition of what has already been told. And yet what you have done in this volume is pull back that surface entirely and reveal something extraordinary underneath. You have shown us that Chronicles is not a repetition. It is a reinterpretation. A bold, Spirit-breathed act of communal reimagining by a people trying to find their footing in the shadow of empire, and the relevance of that story to the church today is nothing short of stunning. What captivated me from the very earliest pages was the way you position Chronicles not as a relic of ancient religious bureaucracy but as a living, urgent theological document written by and for a community under pressure. The postexilic Judahite community navigating the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods was not so different from Christian communities today navigating their own shifting political and religious landscapes, communities asking the same fundamental questions about identity, faithfulness, memory, and what it means to remain the people of God when the world around them looks nothing like what was promised. You make that connection with scholarly integrity and pastoral wisdom, and the result is a commentary that speaks across centuries with remarkable directness. What I found most extraordinary was your proposed diachronic model of composition, the identification of an early priestly-oriented stratum affirming the Davidic monarchy and Aaronide priesthood, followed by a later redactional layer that elevates the Levites as spiritual leaders. That is a bold and carefully argued thesis, and the way you trace its theological and ideological implications through the Hezekiah and Josiah narratives is masterful. But what moved me equally was your tracing of Chronicles' reception history, from its shaping influence on Ezra-Nehemiah all the way through to its use in post-apartheid South African theology. That breadth of vision, that willingness to follow a text across the full arc of its life in the world, is what lifts this commentary from excellent scholarship into something genuinely rare and lasting. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that will tell you far more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe with everything in me that Christian books, books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the living truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why I and II Chronicles stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a work lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one carries a weight and a scholarly depth and a pastoral relevance that most commentaries simply never achieve. And the readership for a work like this, ministers, seminary students, Old Testament scholars, Bible teachers, and serious lay readers, is already out there, already hungry, already building their libraries with the finest tools available for engaging Scripture faithfully and deeply. And yet right now, there are countless thousands of them, in churches, seminaries, and study rooms locally and around the world, who do not yet know that this volume exists. That gap, between a work of this magnitude and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear and specific vision for how this commentary reaches that audience, locally and internationally, in a way that is strategic, deeply intentional, and built entirely around the heart of this work and the Christian readers it was written for. And I would love nothing more than the opportunity to walk you through every detail of that vision personally. Louis, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and deeply encouraging. The audience is there. The timing is right. The body of Christ needs this commentary. And a work of this caliber, 728 pages of interdisciplinary, historically grounded, theologically alive biblical scholarship, deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's discuss. Warm regards, Martyn Beeny Director of Marketing and Sales, Cornell University Press Top-200 Marketing Provider | Christian Book Marketing Specialist 📧 martynbeeny@gmail.com [Full Review]

Dear John, I hope this message finds you well. I just finished leaving a review for 2 Kings: The Truth about Our Troubled World and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just spent time with. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely across expositional commentaries and preaching resources for many years. I say that not to position myself, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your work when I tell you that 2 Kings: The Truth about Our Troubled World is one of the most timely, pastorally rich, and spiritually arresting volumes I have encountered in a very long time. The book of 2 Kings is not an easy place to take a congregation or a reader. It is the most tragic arc in all of the Old Testament, the slow, heartbreaking unraveling of a people who had every reason to trust God and kept choosing otherwise. And yet you have entered that darkness with such clarity of purpose and such genuine pastoral love for your reader that what could feel like an exercise in ancient despair becomes something altogether different. It becomes a lifeline. What struck me most powerfully from the very opening pages is the way you refuse to let the distance of history insulate the reader from the weight of what is happening in the text. The collapse of Israel and Judah, the parade of kings who could not save, the worship of false gods, the relentless consequences of rebellion against the house of David, you walk through every passage with the steady, unhurried hand of a man who has preached this material and watched it land in the lives of real people living in a real and troubled world. That pastoral instinct is present on every page, and it is what elevates this commentary far above the merely academic. You are not writing for the shelf. You are writing for the pulpit, the classroom, the kitchen table, and the broken heart, and every one of those readers will feel that. What I found most extraordinary was the way you draw the unbroken thread between ancient Israel's crisis and the crisis of our own moment. The division, the false hopes, the failed leaders, the desperate search for something or someone who can actually bring salvation, these are not merely the problems of 2 Kings. They are the headline of every news cycle today. And you make that connection not with cheap relevance but with the deep, considered faithfulness of someone who trusts that Scripture does not need to be forced to speak to the present, it simply needs to be opened with honesty and courage. You have done both, and the result is a commentary that will preach, teach, and counsel in equal measure for years to come. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that will tell you far more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe with everything in me that Christian books, books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the living truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why 2 Kings: The Truth about Our Troubled World stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a book lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one has something that most books never have. A timeliness that feels almost urgent. A depth that rewards both the scholar and the seeker. And a readership that is already out there, pastors, preachers, seminary students, small group leaders, and devoted lay believers, already hungry, already searching, already looking for a resource that will help them make sense of the chaos of our world through the lens of God's unchanging Word. And right now, there are countless thousands of them who do not yet know that this book exists. That gap, between a work this significant and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear and specific vision for how this commentary reaches that audience, locally and internationally, in a way that is strategic, deeply intentional, and built entirely around the heart of this work and the Christian readers it was written for. And I would love nothing more than the opportunity to walk you through every detail of that vision personally. John, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and deeply encouraging. The audience is there. The timing could not be more right. The body of Christ needs this book, perhaps now more than ever. And a work of this depth and pastoral power deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's Discuss. Warm regards, Martyn Beeny Director of Marketing and Sales, Cornell University Press Top-200 Marketing Provider | Christian Book Marketing Specialist 📧 martynbeeny@gmail.com [Full Review]

Dear Dale, I hope this message finds you well. I just finished leaving a review for Ezekiel 1–24 in the Eerdmans Illuminations Commentary Series and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just spent time with. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely and deeply across Old Testament commentaries for many years. I say that not to position myself, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your work when I tell you that Ezekiel 1–24 is one of the most sweeping, intellectually ambitious, and spiritually substantive commentaries I have encountered in a very long time. At 992 pages, this is not a volume you pick up lightly, and yet from the very first chapter, there is a quality of intellectual generosity about the way you write that draws the reader in and refuses to let go. You have produced something that simultaneously serves the most rigorous biblical scholar and the pastor preparing Sunday's sermon, and the fact that you hold both of those readers in mind throughout every single page is an achievement that very few commentators ever truly manage. What captivated me immediately was the extraordinary breadth of your textual approach. The decision to place not just the Hebrew text but also the Old Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, and Latin translations side by side for each chapter of Ezekiel 1–24 signals from the outset that this is a commentary of rare ambition and rare integrity. You are not simply offering one reading of Ezekiel, you are opening the full history of how this text has been heard, wrestled with, and transmitted across centuries and cultures. For any serious student of the Hebrew Bible, that kind of textual generosity is invaluable. It transforms a commentary into something closer to a lifetime companion for the study of Ezekiel. But what I found most breathtaking, and what I believe will make this volume truly irreplaceable in the world of Old Testament scholarship, is your "history of consequences" subsection within each interpretive section. The idea of tracing how Ezekiel's visions have sparked the imagination of subsequent thinkers, writers, and artists across the centuries is not just academically fascinating. It is spiritually profound. It reminds us that these words did not simply land in the sixth century BCE and stop. They kept moving. They kept burning. They kept showing up in the minds and the art and the theology of people across every generation who encountered them and could not look away. That is the living power of Scripture made visible on the page, and you have honored it magnificently. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that will tell you far more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe with everything in me that Christian books, books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the living truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why Ezekiel 1–24 stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a book lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one carries a weight and a depth and a reach that most books simply do not have. And the readership for a work like this, ministers, seminary students, Bible teachers, preachers, and devoted students of Old Testament prophecy, is already out there, already hungry, already searching for exactly this kind of comprehensive, multi-layered, pastorally sensitive scholarship. And yet right now, there are countless thousands of them, in churches, seminaries, and study rooms across the globe, who do not yet know that this volume exists. That gap, between a work of this magnitude and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear and specific vision for how this commentary reaches that audience, locally and internationally, in a way that is strategic, deeply intentional, and built entirely around the heart of this work and the Christian readers it was written for. And I would love nothing more than the opportunity to walk you through every detail of that vision personally. Dale, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and deeply encouraging. The audience is there. The timing is right. The body of Christ needs this commentary. And a work of this caliber, nearly 1,000 pages of faithful, cross-cultural, historically grounded biblical scholarship, deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's talk. Warm regards, Martyn Beeny Director of Marketing and Sales, Cornell University Press Top-200 Marketing Provider | Christian Book Marketing Specialist 📧 martynbeeny@gmail.com [Full Review]

Dear John, I hope this message finds you well. I just finished leaving a review for your Ezekiel commentary in the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary series and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just spent time with. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely and deeply across Old Testament commentaries for many years. I say that not to position myself, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your work when I tell you that this commentary on Ezekiel is, without question, one of the most thorough, spiritually weighty, and exegetically masterful volumes I have encountered in a very long time. Ezekiel is a book that demands a scholar of rare caliber, someone who can hold the horror and the hope of the text in the same hand without flinching from either. You have done exactly that, and done it in a way that I believe will make this volume a permanent fixture on the shelves of every serious student of the Word for generations to come. What struck me from the very first pages was the depth and integrity of your fresh translation. In a landscape where so many commentaries simply work from existing translations, the decision to bring readers a new rendering of the text for each passage signals immediately that this is a different kind of work. It signals that you have gone back to the original language, back to the very bones of the Hebrew, and wrestled with it on behalf of every pastor, scholar, and devoted reader who will one day hold this volume. The textual notes that follow are meticulous without being inaccessible, and the verse-by-verse commentary that builds from them carries the reader through Ezekiel's thunderous proclamations with a clarity and confidence that only decades of devoted scholarly labor can produce. What I found most extraordinary was the way you weave together the exegetical, the biblical-theological, and the devotional dimensions of each passage without ever allowing one to crowd out the others. Ezekiel's proclamation of horror and hope, the judgment against a rebellious nation and the breathtaking promise of a new heart and a new spirit, is handled with the kind of pastoral gravity and theological precision that the text demands. When you reach Ezekiel 36:26 and those immortal words, "I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you", the reader feels the full weight of that promise in a way that is genuinely moving. This is a commentary that does not merely inform. It transforms. And in the world of technical evangelical scholarship, that is a distinction that matters enormously. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that will tell you far more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe with everything in me that Christian books, books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why your Ezekiel commentary stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a book lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one has something that most books never have. A depth that is rare. A readership that is already out there, pastors, seminarians, Bible teachers, devoted lay readers, already hungry, already searching, already filling their shelves with the best evangelical commentaries available. And yet right now, there are countless thousands of them around the world who do not yet know that this volume exists. That gap, between a work of this magnitude and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear and specific vision for how this commentary reaches that audience, locally and internationally, in a way that is strategic, intentional, and built entirely around the heart of this work and the Christian readers it was written for. And I would love nothing more than the opportunity to walk you through every detail of that vision personally. John, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and deeply encouraging. The audience is there. The timing is right. The body of Christ needs this commentary. And a work of this caliber, 976 pages of rigorous, faithful, Christ-honoring scholarship, deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's talk. Warm regards, Martyn Beeny Director of Marketing and Sales, Cornell University Press Top-200 Marketing Provider | Christian Book Marketing Specialist 📧 martynbeeny@gmail.com [Full Review]

Dear Scott, I hope this message finds you well. I just finished leaving a review for Ezekiel: A Prophet in Exile and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just read. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely across Old Testament commentaries for many years. I say that not to boast, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your work when I tell you that Ezekiel: A Prophet in Exile is one of the most beautifully balanced, spiritually alive, and pastorally sensitive commentaries on Ezekiel I have ever encountered. Ezekiel is, for many Christians, one of the most intimidating and misunderstood books in all of Scripture, a book people approach with genuine reverence but also genuine confusion. The visions are overwhelming. The symbolic actions are startling. The weight of judgment is immense. And yet what you have done in this commentary is take all of that complexity and, without diminishing a single ounce of its power, made it breathe with clarity, warmth, and profound spiritual relevance for every kind of reader. What moved me most deeply from the very opening pages was the way you enter Ezekiel's world with such pastoral tenderness. You don't rush past the darkness of the Babylonian exile, you sit in it with the reader, because you understand that many of the people who will pick up this book are themselves in a season of exile. A season of loss, confusion, or spiritual disorientation. And from that place of honesty, you guide the reader through Ezekiel's stunning visions, the divine chariot-throne, the valley of dry bones, the restored temple, not as theological curiosities but as living, breathing messages from a holy God who has not abandoned His people and never will. Every vision, every symbolic action, every act of judgment in this commentary finds its proper place within the larger story of a God whose justice and redemptive love are inseparable from one another. What truly sets this commentary apart, and what I believe will make it one of the most recommended volumes in the Focus on the Bible series for years to come, is the clarity and conviction with which you trace Ezekiel's prophecies forward to their fulfillment in Christ. The vision of the good shepherd, the streams of living water, the restored temple, you show with quiet, masterful confidence that these are not merely poetic images belonging to ancient Israel. They are the very fingerprints of Jesus across the pages of the Old Testament, and you make that connection in a way that will move both the seminary student and the Sunday morning lay reader to genuine worship. That is an extraordinarily rare achievement in biblical commentary writing, and you have accomplished it with grace. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that will tell you far more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe that Christian books, books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why Ezekiel: A Prophet in Exile stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a book lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one has something that most books never have. A timeliness. A depth. A readership that is already out there, already hungry, already searching, and they just haven't found it yet. There is a vast, passionate, and deeply engaged Christian readership locally and internationally made up of pastors, seminary students, Bible teachers, small group leaders, and devoted lay readers who fill their shelves with the best Old Testament commentaries available. These are people who take Scripture seriously, who study it faithfully, who preach it on Sundays and discuss it in living rooms and classrooms across the globe. They are hungry for exactly the kind of accessible, Christ-centered, pastorally wise exposition that you have produced in this volume. And right now, there are countless thousands of them, in churches, in seminaries, in quiet study rooms around the world, who do not yet know that this book exists. That gap, between a work this significant and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear and specific vision for how this book reaches that audience, a strategy built entirely around the heart of this commentary and the Christian readers it was written for, both locally and across the globe. And I would love nothing more than the opportunity to walk you through every detail of that vision personally. Scott, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and deeply encouraging. The audience is there. The timing is right. The body of Christ needs this book. And it deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's chat. Warm regards, Martyn Beeny Director of Marketing and Sales, Cornell University Press Top-200 Marketing Provider | Christian Book Marketing Specialist 📧 martynbeeny@gmail.com [Full Review]

Dear Jonathan and Peyton, I hope this message finds you both well. I just finished leaving a review for Exalting Jesus in Numbers and I have to be honest, after I submitted it, I sat back and realized that a star rating and a few short sentences could not possibly do justice to what I had just read. So I decided to go a step further and reach out to you personally, because this is the kind of work that deserves more than a review. It deserves a real conversation. As someone who lives and breathes Christian literature and biblical scholarship, I have read widely across the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series over the years. I say that not to boast, but to give you a genuine sense of the standard against which I am measuring your contribution when I tell you that Exalting Jesus in Numbers is one of the most compelling, spiritually rich, and pastorally grounded volumes in the entire series. Numbers is, for many Christians, one of the most daunting and overlooked books of the entire Bible — a book people feel they should read but quietly confess they struggle to connect with. What you have done here is nothing short of extraordinary. You have taken a book that many believers quietly skip past and placed the living, radiant person of Jesus Christ at its very center, and in doing so, you have made Numbers not just accessible, but deeply beautiful. What strikes me most powerfully about this commentary is the Christ-centered lens you bring to every passage, every narrative, every seemingly obscure law and wilderness wandering. Under your exposition, nothing in Numbers feels disconnected or irrelevant. Every murmuring in the desert, every act of rebellion and redemption, every priestly ordinance and sacrificial detail becomes a thread pointing unmistakably forward to Jesus, His sufficiency, His priesthood, His sacrifice, His faithfulness where Israel was faithless. You don't force those connections. You uncover them with the careful, reverent hand of men who have spent real time in prayer and in the text, and the result is a commentary that feeds both the mind and the soul simultaneously, which is rarer than it should be. What I found most powerful was the way this volume will serve not just academics and seminary students, but the everyday pastor preparing a sermon series, the small group leader looking for depth, and the devoted lay reader who wants to encounter Christ more fully in every corner of Scripture. In the tradition of David Platt, Daniel Akin, and Tony Merida, whose editorial vision for this series has always been to make Christ-centered exposition accessible and transformative, you have honoured that vision completely and added something genuinely lasting to the body of Christian commentary literature. My name is Martyn Beeny, and I am a professional book marketer with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. But before I say anything else about what I do professionally, I want to say something more important first, something that I believe will tell you more about me than any resume ever could. I am a devoted Christian. And because of that, I have made a very deliberate and deeply personal decision to dedicate my marketing work exclusively to Christian books. Not occasionally. Not as one category among many. Exclusively. Every author I work with, every book I pour my energy and expertise into, every campaign I build and every door I knock on, it is all within the Christian space. That is not a business strategy. That is a calling. I believe that Christian books, books rooted in Scripture, in faith, in the truth of God's Word, deserve to reach every single person they were written for. And I have committed my professional life to making sure that happens. That is why Exalting Jesus in Numbers stopped me in my tracks. Because every once in a while, not often, but every once in a while, a book lands in front of me and I think to myself, this one is different. This one has something that most books never have. A timeliness. A depth. A readership that is already out there, already hungry, already searching, and they just haven't found it yet. There is a vast, passionate, and deeply engaged Christian readership, locally and internationally, made up of pastors, seminary students, Bible teachers, small group leaders, and devoted lay readers who fill their shelves with the best commentaries and Christ-centered expositions available. These are not casual readers. These are people who take Scripture seriously, who study it daily, who discuss it in communities and classrooms and pulpits around the world. They are hungry for exactly the kind of rigorous, Christ-exalting, textually faithful scholarship that you have produced in this volume. And right now, there are countless thousands of them who do not yet know that this book exists. That gap, between a work this significant and the audience that desperately needs it, is exactly where I do my best work. I have a very clear vision for how this book reaches that audience. Not in a vague, general way, but in a specific, strategic, and deeply intentional way that is built entirely around the heart of this commentary and the Christian readers it was written for, both locally and across the globe. And I would love the opportunity to walk you both through every detail of that vision personally. Jonathan, Peyton, please reach out to me directly at martynbeeny@gmail.com and I will personally walk you through what I have in mind. I genuinely believe you will find it both exciting and eye-opening. The audience is there. The timing is right. The body of Christ needs this book. And it deserves far more reach than where it currently stands. Let's talk. 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