Dear friends, All the new material covering the 40 parables of Jesus has now been uploaded to the Grace Commentary. That’s 1,200 new entries covering everything from the Parable of the Sower to the Sheep and the Goats. Yes, that’s right. Everything that is in the book is now freely available on the Grace Commentary.…… Continue reading The Parables of Jesus
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The Grace Commentary Is Growing Two Ways
There are two ways the Grace Commentary can grow and bear fruit. The first way is that I write new commentary until every verse in the New Testament is covered. (I spoke about how far we have come in my last update.) The second way is that we reach more people with the gospel of…… Continue reading The Grace Commentary Is Growing Two Ways
The Grace Commentary turns Five: An Update
When a new ship is launched, it will undergo sea trials before taking on any passengers. But at the time of launch, the ship is essentially finished. It has a hull, an engine, and a propeller. It’s a proper working ship. In contrast, the Grace Commentary looked nothing like a completed ship when it was…… Continue reading The Grace Commentary turns Five: An Update
When will the Parables of Jesus be on the Grace Commentary?
Hi friends, As you may have heard, my new book on The Parables of Jesus goes on sale in a couple of months. In this book, I offer a verse-by-verse commentary on all your favorite parables. As far as I know, it is the only grace-based study Bible covering all of Christ’s parables. You may…… Continue reading When will the Parables of Jesus be on the Grace Commentary?
250,000 Words (and a New Metaphor)
When construction began on the Empire State Building in the 1930s, progress was slow at first. Workers had to dig deep and lay foundations before anything visible could rise. But once the groundwork was complete, momentum built quickly. Crews were adding nearly a floor a day. In no time, the structure shot up like bamboo,…… Continue reading 250,000 Words (and a New Metaphor)
The Top 100 Cities Reading the Grace Commentary
The grace message is spreading all over the world. More people are talking about grace. Although we are still in our early days, the Grace Commentary is already read in more than 200 countries. But what about cities? Is grace taking root in particular locations? Where do grace folk live? There are no easy ways…… Continue reading The Top 100 Cities Reading the Grace Commentary
A year in the life of the Grace Commentary (2025)
Some days, you lay bricks. Others, you move boulders. Usually, writing the Grace Commentary feels like building a wall one brick at a time. But not this year. In 2025, writing the commentary has felt like shifting two enormous boulders. Boulder 1, or Romans, dominated the first half of the year. By the time Romans…… Continue reading A year in the life of the Grace Commentary (2025)
More People are Talking About Grace
A few months ago, I stumbled upon an interesting graph: This is from the Google Books Ngram Viewer, an online search tool that measures how often words or phrases appear in books over time. Think of it as a popularity contest for words. The more frequently a word appears in books, the higher its relative…… Continue reading More People are Talking About Grace
Three Ways the Grace Commentary is better than the Grace Bible
Hi friends, You probably know that I am working on two projects at the same time; the online Grace Commentary and its printed counterpart The Grace Bible. Just for fun, I asked ChatGPT to compare and contrast The Grace Bible and the Grace Commentary. It came up with this table: This comparison is reasonably accurate…… Continue reading Three Ways the Grace Commentary is better than the Grace Bible
100,000 Words Added
Romans is complete. It’s one thing to write a book, as I have just done with Romans; it’s another thing to transfer the book onto the Grace Commentary. Last week, Camilla finished uploading all the new commentary material for the sixteen chapters of Romans. The new content amounts to about 100,000 words. That’s more material…… Continue reading 100,000 Words Added