Ephesians on F.I.R.E. is an inductive commentary. This simply means that instead of telling you what the Bible teaches, it takes you on the journey to discover its life changing communication. The writer's passion includes teaching you how to develop the necessary skill set to become familiar with the Bible passage you are studying, interpret it accurately, relate it to its surrounding contexts, and employ it personally.

The origin of the word familiarity derives from the Latin familiaritas and means “familiar” or “intimate.” Bible study should originate from a deep-seated personal relationship with God.

Interpretation is the second stage of Bible study. The author will guide you through the hermeneutics of each passage.

Relationship becomes the third phase of our quest to understand the sacred text. The author was taught correlation as the third step in Bible study.  Correlation is generally associated with things while relationship implies a connection between living organisms.

The fourth and final part of this most excellent adventure is employment. Application begins when those who originally received the living Word became entrusted with their passport to service. That is, they were given their authoritative marching orders.

            Perplexed by Revelation? Who isn’t? But we should be less confused than those of a century ago! All biblical prophecy clears as its fulfillment approaches. A century ago, the talking-statue of the anti-Christ sounded demonic. Today it’s just a robot with a cell phone. Revelation’s fog is clearing as we find hidden things suddenly coming into plain sight. Worldwide commerce, communication, and transportation have shrunk the world making a worldwide government sound prudent.

            Man has substituted the rule of government for the rule of God, but governments are impersonal. Like Israel of old, we are seeking a king—a personality. In our age of celebrity adoration, the arrogance of the coming world ruler fits our desires. Secularism only values success; Rabbinic Judaism expects another Solomon; and Islam awaits the ultimate Imam. All seek a superman. We’ve been warned of this coming false-Messiah, but will careless Christians venerate him, too?

This is in effect a rediscovery and condensation of Professor EW Hengstenberg's commentary on the Revelation. Originally published in 1852, it has been forgotten in the passing of time. I have edited it, condensed it down, and typeset it to about 320 pages, from its original two volumes of 1100 pages. Hengstenberg was an evangelical Lutheran professor at Berlin University in the mid 19th century. Many of his ideas are novel to our ears, yet thoroughly biblical, warm and encouraging. He presents views that are unknown to modern discourse– the identity of the name and number of the beast, the nature of the beast, the cherubim, the identity of the angel of the Lord and Michael, the literal character of the thousand years, the fact that it has already been fulfilled in history, giving us an entirely new category for understanding the millennium, and the time of Gog and Magog, among mny other things. He explores the nature of prophecy, the place of heathen Rome in the book, and gives us insights on Daniel and Zechariah.

I have typeset the book, and it bears viewing in that form, as the style enforces the layout of the text and chapters for ease of reading. In editing it I have endeavoured to make it more approachable for the modern reader. 

I have written a pastoral commentary on Ephesians that invites pastors to read Ephesians, as if it were an email attachment from the Apostle Paul they opened this morning.

The book takes pastors major idea by major idea through Paul’s letter, always defining words that are difficult or have become clichés, always listening for the apostle’s meaning, and always remembering that Paul had in mind not this or that congregation or Church body, but the “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.” Each chapter includes a feature unique among commentaries called “Ephesians Incarnate,” which takes the form of stories, practices, perspectives, and ideas, drawn from daily life and corresponding to major ideas in Ephesians. Each chapter ends with a prayer from the Church’s ancient storehouse of worship. 

This book of apologetics is written in a popular, readable style. It focuses on Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, and to give a deep understanding, fully explores the events leading up to this climax. "Investigating Jesus the Messiah" delves into the influences that shaped the expectations of first-century Jews, and may be the most passionate, detailed, and faith-building study you will read on the subject. This book does an exhaustive examination of the scriptures, yet avoids becoming tedious by constantly presenting startling facts and painting a picture of the powerful forces driving familiar biblical events. The Jews went from seeing Jesus as a teacher and a miracle-worker to a great prophet, and many came to believe He was the Messiah who would violently establish God’s Kingdom in the land of Israel, so were ready to declare Him king a year before He rode into Jerusalem. Jesus’ own disciples were so caught up in the hopes of exalted positions in His Messianic kingdom that they were unable to see events hurtling to their shocking climax, so were devastated when Jesus was executed instead of being crowned.

              Moishe’s Journal removes many Jewish and Christian misconceptions of the Exodus by placing it in the correct period of Egyptian history.  A broadly accepted major mistake is that Rameses II was the Exodus pharaoh.  (Cecil B. DeMille popularized that view in The Ten Commandments.)  For those more broadly Biblically read, other questions are clarified, such as: why do estimates of those escaping range from 30,000 to two million?  What was Israel’s genetic makeup?  And why do archeologists believe Jericho fell 300 years before Israel arrived?

              If one takes the Torah’s record seriously, allows the moon’s algorithms to define its dates, one can date the Exodus to the day.  That’s an audacious claim, but Moishe’s Journal sets out to show its exactness.

              Basically, Moishe’s Journal calculates the Exodus from the Messiah’s resurrection, viewing the length of Biblical events as historical.  When dating those events in the Jewish lunar calendar, what Moishe ben Amram, Moses, tells us fits Egyptian history—and Jewish holidays fall on the right date.  Suddenly, many of the seeming mundane events of Israel’s journey become understandable—even amazingly meaningful.  

Jonah & Nineveh is a theological commentary on the OT book of Jonah. This book is (in my view) a well-balanced blend between a technical commentary and a theological discussion. This book is the fruit of over two years of intense study and research on Jonah. My book has been self-published through Xlibris, but I am intentionally seeking a contract with a publisher since I will be regularly producing new manuscripts every year. Additionally, this book has been translated to Spanish and is ready for publishing as well. All of my upcoming books will be made available in both English and Spanish. This is the current book description on the self-published book:

The book of Jonah is one of the best-known yet most misunderstood books of the Bible. Although widely known for its story of the “great fish,” many would miss the much greater story contained within its pages. Is the story of Jonah just a fable? Should we dismiss its message as simply an outdated children’s story? Although numerous works have been written on the subject, Jonah & Nineveh will challenge the reader in a variety of ways. Who was Jonah, and why did God choose such a rebellious prophet to fulfill his mission? If the “big fish” is not the main focus of the story, then what is its message? Is there a hidden meaning contained within God’s choice to save the notoriously hated people of Nineveh? Whether the reader is novice or seasoned, Jonah & Nineveh is sure to enhance the understanding of any student of the book of Jonah and the Bible.

RevelationNotes is a three-part, in-depth, verse by verse, non-polemical futurist view of Revelation with inspirational applications from nearly every passage and brief sermonettes at the end of each of the twenty-two chapters.

    My writing and teaching style makes this commentary informational, inspirational, and versatile--useful as a resource and, I pray, a blessing to scholars, ministers, and believers throughout the church.

Even Biblically-literate Christians neglect Leviticus because few understand it, including pastors. Reading this Jewish book through non-Jewish eyes limits most. Those who seek help in mastering it face an obstacle: lack of non-technical commentary. Too often, Christian writers have tried to hammer it into meaning for the Church; Jewish reviewers stick to the techniques of the offerings. Yet, if Jesus claimed the Law would outlast heaven and earth, it must still be important. Set in its time period, it becomes interesting and informative—yet speaks to all ages. The Monterey Talmud’s Leviticus is a commentary and translation of this book of Moses. It gives the non-Jewish believer Jewish eyes and draws the Jewish reader to see beyond its archaic procedures.

The book of Revelation, for many, seems hopelessly hard to interpret. It gives the impression of being full of frightening and confusing visions. However, To Follow the Lamb: A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation shows that Revelation actually is fascinating, inspiring, and empowering. The key to reading Revelation is simple. Let’s take seriously the opening words of the book that tell us it is a “revelation of Jesus Christ.” Let’s expect Revelation to help us understand Jesus and his will for us. We may expect that Revelation shares the same basic sensibility that we find in the gospels and the rest of the New Testament. Revelation is an exhortation to discipleship—follow the Lamb wherever he goes! It offers a sharp critique of the world’s empires and of how people of faith to find ways to be comfortable within the empires. Revelation portrays God as merciful and peaceable—but engaged in a battle against the spiritual powers of evil, a fought with the weapons of love, not worldly violent weapons. To Follow the Lamb opens up Revelation’s blueprint for faithful living—resistance to the empires and embrace of the compassionate and healing love of the Lamb.

The Gospel of John tells His disciples that he has come so that we might have life and have it in abundance. The Life Abundant explores how we can find the movement of the Spirit in every moment in a world that can be dismissive of faith.