This project begins a long time
dream -- that of writing a commentary on the New Testament incorporating
the insights gleaned from over thirty years of ministry in higher education
at all levels -- undergraduate, masters, and mostly at doctoral -- and
in the local church. The completion of the project will spann the remaining
decades of my life and ministry. At the beginning of this, I'm sixty years
of age hoping for at least two more decades of living.
Also, the project is intentionally
being created in electronic format rather than print format. The reader
will thus be able to take advantage of the additional features of quick
references and pop-up screens adding comments etc. to the main discussion.
Additionally, the reader can print out just the selections of material
that prove to be useful. The basic format for the commentary is the Adobe
Acrobat PDF. Several advantages of this format over the html format dictated
this decision. For one thing, the desired page format can be controlled
in the production of the commentary. You as the reader see the exact screen
image that I as the writer created. While not always critical, on occasion
this will be very important for understanding what is being presented.
Another advantage is cost. The commentary is intentionally being made available
without charge via our URL Cranfordville.com.® My
desire is for it to be a gift to the Christian community, hopefully advancing
the understanding of the religious movement begun by Jesus of Nazareth
over two thousand years ago. My only request is that proper bibliographic
citation would be given when materials from the commentary are used in
publications etc.
The nature of the materials included in the BIC commentary fall into the following groups:
BIBLE STUDIES
Hopefully these resources will provide answers to the meaning and application of the biblical text. This is the objective the the commentary seriers.
LORIN L CRANFORD
May 2015
Santa Ana, Costa Rica