The Amish Voice
Before we begin the main article, today, I
would like to share something with you that
excites me beyond words.
During the past 100 years, various Christians
have devoted their entire lifetime writing
books that help the average lay person under-
stand the Bible better—one verse at a time.
We call these books Bible commentaries.
Some of the more popular Bible commentary
writers are J. Vernon
McGee, Life Application,
Matthew Henry and Lu-
ther. You may even have
parts of an Old and/or
New Testament commen-
tary in your home. Com-
mentaries are not meant
to replace the Bible and
should only be used as a
source to help us under-
stand Scripture better.
For the past 10 years or more, I
have enjoyed what I consider
to be the greatest Bible com-
mentary ever written. In fact, I
hardly read my Bible without
having this valuable tool, as I
call it, laying open next to me.
The name of that commentary is
Preacher’s Outline and Sermon
Bible (POSB).
I fell in love with the POSB commentary for
the following reasons:
1. The author writes in very simple terms,
which is what I need. I am a simple mind-
ed man and if it gets too deep or the
words are too big for me to understand, I
lose interest.
2. Unlike some commentary books, the lay-
out is very organized with bullet points
and short paragraphs.
3. Various Scriptures are used to back up
and help the reader get an even better un-
derstanding of the topic and verse being
studied.
4. The author is well versed in his
knowledge of the Scriptures
and does a fantastic job ex-
plaining hard to understand
Bible verses.
Those are just a few of the
reasons I like the POSB
Commentary so much.
Now, hopefully, I will not
confuse you when I tell
you… the same ministry
that publishes the POSB
Commentaries also pub-
lishes another set of books
called the Teachers Out-
line and Study Bible
(TOSB). They are written
in a very similar fashion,
although, the POSB goes
deeper and covers more
Books of the Bible than the TOSB does. One
was written with the preacher in mind; the
other was written with the teacher in mind.
Now that I have shared these thoughts with
you, let me go back to the beginning and con-
tinue to share my excitement. The ministry
that publishes the POSB and TOSB commen-
tary sets has given us permission to print the
entire Book of Galatians from the TOSB com-
mentary.
So from this time on, we will publish small
portions of the TOSB commentary until we
have covered the complete book of Galatians.
Yay! What could be more exciting!
In turn for their precious favor, we will adver-
tise their commentary sets in future issues of
the Amish Voice.
With that important announcement out of the
way, let's dig in and start our journey through
one of my favorite books of the Bible.
—Joe Keim
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE
APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS
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AUTHOR
: Paul, the Apostle. There is little if
any question of Paul's authorship.
DATE
: Uncertain. Somewhere between A.D.
48-60. Some scholars hold an early date of
A.D. 48-50 and some a later date of A.D. 51-
60.
TO WHOM WRITTEN
: "To the churches of
Galatia" (
Some believe the letter was written to church-
es in southern Galatia, others to churches in
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