Recommended: Gleanings in Exodus

For anyone not familiar with Arthur Pink's Gleanings In _____ series, let me issue a hearty recommendation. These books are much more than commentaries. In fact, they are not verse by verse explanations of Bible passages at all. Actually, the books in this series seek to explore each book or topic in a much more 'adventurous' (for lack of a better term) way. The result of all of this is that each volume in this series makes for a fascinating read whether you are using it for Scriptural commentary or just personal enjoyment and discipleship.

Gleanings in Exodus is especially insightful as Pink seeks to savor the typological connections between the Egyptian exodus and the New Testament gospel. Expect some chapters to travel quickly over large portions of the narrative in order to gain the big picture as later chapters delve back into specific details.

The application of this book is hard-hitting and welcome correction for all of God's people. Pink plumbs the depths of human condition and the Christian's constant battle with sin, the flesh, and the world, and shows how God's word presents a stern rebuke to us for much of our laziness in combating our own sin. Every chapter is a beautifully painful lesson to the Christian heart and a strong appeal to the unbeliever to repent.

If you are fascinated with the story of Exodus or have occasion to teach or preach it, then this book should be on your resource list.

"But you don't have to take my word for it!"