A top New Testament scholar, preacher, and tour guide to the lands of the New Testament offers an informed commentary on this challenging portion of Scripture with an eye toward preaching the text. Jeffrey Weima explains the meaning of the seven "sermons" of Revelation 2-3 and provides sample sermons that show how these ancient messages, despite their subtle Old Testament allusions and perplexing images, are relevant for the church today. The book includes photos, maps, and charts and is of interest to preachers, students, teachers, and Bible study groups.
Jeffrey A. D. Weima (PhD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) is professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has taught for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of Paul the Ancient Letter Writer and 1-2 Thessalonians in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series. He is also the coauthor (with Stanley Porter) of An Annotated Bibliography of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Weima has taught courses all over the world, has written numerous scholarly articles, conducts preaching seminars for pastors, and leads biblical study tours to Greece, Turkey, Italy, Israel, and Jordan.