{"product_id":"expository-thoughts-on-mark","title":"Expository Thoughts on Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf the best way to understand the Christian faith is to read the Gospels, then the next most important books to read must be those which aid in the understanding of those Gospels. This is the aim of Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1857, Mark was the second book to appear in J. C. Ryle’s series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe earliest of the Gospel narratives to be written, Mark, says Ryle, ‘is singularly full of precious facts about the Lord Jesus, narrated in a simple, terse, pithy, and condensed style’. Those last four adjectives could well be used to describe Ryle’s own comments on the Gospel!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of the occasional explanatory notes, he quotes the following remarks of Rudolf Stier:\u003cbr\u003e’St Mark has the special gift of terse brevity, and of graphic painting in wonderful combination. While on every occasion he compresses the discourses, works, and history into the simplest possible kernel, he on the other hand, unfolds the scenes more clearly than St Matthew does, who excels in the discourses. Not only do single incidents become in his hands complete pictures, but even when he is very brief, he often gives, with one pencil stroke, something new and peculiarly his own’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese Expository Thoughts on Mark do full justice to such an inspired text, and are full of encouragement, wisdom and straightforward practical application. May they continue to fulfil Ryle’s desire to lead the reader ‘to Christ and faith in him, to repentance and holiness, to the Bible and to prayer.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReprinted in fresh, new format, Expository Thoughts will bring Ryle’s plain yet profound insights to a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003cbr\u003eA rich combination of doctrinal and practical comment on the Gospel text\u003cbr\u003eExcellent as a help in family worship, an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion in your private reading of Scripture\u003cbr\u003ePlain yet profound and compelling insights\u003cbr\u003eReprinted in a fresh, new format (modern typeset)\u003cbr\u003eQuality cloth-bound and Smyth-sewn; made to last for generations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth Trust","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46009454919901,"sku":"9781848711297","price":210.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4995\/6829\/files\/9781848711297.jpg?v=1741044300","url":"https:\/\/thebookroom.bischopsford.co.za\/products\/expository-thoughts-on-mark","provider":"Book Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}