Starting My Collection
Most people that read this blog know that I have a (not-so-small) collection of Bibles. The good news is that I haven’t bought a new one in a long while. And, hopefully, when the ESV Study Bible comes out in October, that will be my last Bible purchase for a long, long while.
So, I’ve turned my attention to commentaries. I’ve been reading up on some of the better collections. The debate is whether to buy a complete collection from a series, or purchase individual volumes from different collections. Challies had a good post on this a few weeks ago, and he seemed to like the option of buying individual volumes from different collections.
I’ve decided to go the way of a complete collection from a series. My choice is the Crossway Classic Commentaries. They are a set of commentaries by historic reformed writers & pastors, edited by modern reformed theologians. Right up my alley.
The next question became, “where to start?” Romans is always a good start. Maybe one of the gospels. I’m doing a study of David right now, so I thought about starting with the 1 & 2 Samuel volumes - but they’re seemingly not available (yet). So, I went with probably my favorite book of the Bible - Psalms. It is split into two volumes, and is essentially an edited version of Spurgeon’s Treasury of David. I bought the first volume this past weekend. It’s been great digging in so far to some of my favorite psalms.
My plan is to buy one volume per month until I have the entire set. Next up will be the second volume of Psalms.
