Every year on our kids’ birthdays, we back them up against the door frame and measure their heights. This week we are celebrating the third anniversary of the Grace Commentary. It’s time to get out the tape measure. After three years of progress, the Grace Commentary looks something like this: 10,000+ entries covering 3,500+ New…… Continue reading Three Years Old and Growing Fast
Author: Paul Ellis
Author of award-winning Bible commentaries
1000 New Entries!
My wife Camilla deserves a medal. She has just completed the single biggest upload of new material ever – 1000 new Grace Commentary entries! Writing Bible commentary (my job) is laborious, but uploading new material to the website (Camilla’s job) is something else altogether. It’s not just the uploading. There’s the formatting, the creation of…… Continue reading 1000 New Entries!
How Complete is the Grace Commentary?
Is the Grace Commentary nearly complete? Halfway done or mostly done? Or is there still a long way to go? Just for fun, I asked Grace Commentary readers to estimate how complete the Grace Commentary is. The responses from readers were astonishing. Answers ranged from 2 percent complete to 100 percent. That’s quite a range.…… Continue reading How Complete is the Grace Commentary?
Who Uses the Grace Commentary? And Why?
I want to thank all of you who participated in the first ever Grace Commentary Readers’ Survey. Based on your feedback, I have learned that the typical Grace Commentary reader is 50+ years old, English-speaking, and actively preaching and teaching the Bible. Most readers access the Grace Commentary via a desktop (46%) but many also…… Continue reading Who Uses the Grace Commentary? And Why?
First Ever Readers’ Survey
Hi friends, I wonder if you could spare 2-3 minutes to take the first ever Grace Commentary Reader’s survey. We hope to make the Grace Commentary better than ever, and your input will help us set the direction for the coming year. Thanks and Happy New Year! Paul Update: The results are in!
A Picture of Our Progress
Here is a snapshot of the progress we’ve made on the Grace Commentary in the past two and a half years… Depending on how you look at it, this graph is either pleasing (look how much we’ve done) or disappointing (look how much remains to be done). I have both feelings, but mostly I am…… Continue reading A Picture of Our Progress
600 New Entries
Writing a Bible commentary is like building a big house out of bricks. Lego bricks. These days I’m spending about 40 hours a week working on the commentary, and I consider myself blessed to have that sort of time. Pastors don’t have that kind of time. Nor do school teachers or truck drivers. But thanks…… Continue reading 600 New Entries
Quality vs Quantity
Hi friends, Writing a Bible commentary is like building a car. It’s not something you do in a day. When I began working on the Grace Commentary two and a bit years ago, I had two options. I could write the whole thing and then publish it, or I could write bits and pieces and…… Continue reading Quality vs Quantity
A Grace Commentary for Every Believer
Imagine a world where every believer knows how to read scripture through a new covenant lens. Imagine they have a study guide that is simple, beautiful and free from mixture. Something like this: The Grace Commentary is a guide to help you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. Our goal is to…… Continue reading A Grace Commentary for Every Believer
A Grace Commentary for the Whole World
When I started working on the Grace Commentary a couple of years ago, I had no real plan except to bring some structure to 15 years’ worth of notes and articles. I wasn’t even sure if anyone would read it. Since then, I have received messages of support from all sorts of people, and that…… Continue reading A Grace Commentary for the Whole World