b'NumbersA Commentary for Biblical Preaching and TeachingJoel Barker and Steven D. WestKERUX COMMENTARIES Kerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the main message in a biblical textB asedontheBigIdeapreachingmodel,Keruxvolumes enhancethereadersabilitytodeliveramessagethatis biblical, cohesive, and dynamic.In Numbers, Joel Barker and Steven West illuminate the endur-ing importance of this notoriously difficult text for preachers. Gods commitment to both his people and his promises claims center stage in understanding this Old Testament record of the covenant people. Through the lens of an ancient time and faraway culture,NumbersemphasizesGodsoverwhelmingholiness and the proper human responses of worship and trust. Barker and West guide expositors in shepherding their congregations through the book of Numbers and its themes of worship; disobe-dience and grumbling; judgment and restoration; anticipation of promises; and even leadership, all of which relate to Gods people today.JoelBarker(PhDinChristianTheologyfromMcMaster Divinity College) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Heritage College and Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario. He is the author of Joel: Despair and Deliverance in the Day of the Lord in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary of the Old Testament series.Steven D. West (PhD, North-West University) is Provost and ProfessoratHeritageCollegeandSeminaryinCambridge, Ontario, and the Lead Pastor of Madoc Baptist Church. Steve has preached, lectured, and taught in North and South America, Africa,Asia,andEurope.Hehasalsoauthoredorcontrib-utedtoseveralbooks,includingAContemporaryHandbook for Weddings & Funerals and Other Occasions, rev. ed., and the monograph Resurrection, Scripture, and Reformed Apologetics in the McMaster Theological Series.RELATED TITLESUNIQUE SELLING POINTS Provides biblical and theological insights978-0-8254-5852-1$37.99to Hebrew narrative Hardback7.5 x 9.25480 pages Collaborative work with both scholarsRELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old working at the same institution so thatTestament / Pentateuchthe big idea of each text is harmonious Kregel MinistryRights: WorldAugust 29, 2023 Illuminates an oft-ignored book in the Preaching Old TestamentJeremiah andpulpitNarratives Lamentations (Kerux)978-0-8254-4258-2$18.99 978-0-8254-2567-7$38.9916 www.kregel.com'