OK. I have read about a few giants of the faith who read all his commentary Genesis trough Revelation. Has anyone here done this (or attempted it) as a devotional/spiritual exercise. That would be a thing to do! I just wondered if any of my PB friends have ever done this or considered it.

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I have his commentaries purely for reference. If I tried to read all of it all the way through my head might explode!

That said I love Matthew Henry. As a non-theologian myself I find his work very practical and it has helped to illuminate passages of scripture for me many times.

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Donald Jacobs
Marysville. WA
Cascade Church (CRCNA)

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

I have his commentary in one volume. Need a magnifying glass for it. However I do have a Matthew Henry study bible that has large print. It is a blessing.

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Psa 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psa 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
James Farley, Wilderness Road Baptist Assembly.
Husband of Melissa and father of Ann.
www.wildernessroadbaptist.org

Henry is great. It would take a long time for me to read all that......people have done so, Amazing.

OK.......SHAMELESS bump for the evening crowd! Actually it was an early thread so I sometimes do a bump to get feedback from those coming here later. Sue me.......you people do it too........come on.......admit it! Ok read my first post, give me the good PB opinions.

I read his commentary on Revelation -- and have used his commentary to understand hard other passages as well.

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bwsmith
wife, mother and grandmother!
Severna Park Evangelical Pres. Church (PCA)

I have the same commentary. Yep, the magnifying glass comes in handy with that one.

Henry was my first commentary. I lost/sold it somewhere along the way, but I intend to buy it again...can't get use to reading it online. I will get the six volume set.

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Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church, Poplar Grove, IL * http://maranatha-sbc.org/

"I want to assist churches and to assist pastors in training pastors. But, after fourteen years of service in this capacity, I am absolutely certain that the finest theological seminary on earth is absolutely incompetent at replicating the actual life of a Gospel congregation. I want to train a generation of pastors who will train pastors, and I want to help them in that task." --- Dr. R. Albert Mohler, President of THE Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

I use the 6 volume set and love them!

It would take years to read Henry all the way through. I don't know how people do it. Whitefield is said to have read it completely twice...

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Richard T. Zuelch, M.Div
Ruling Elder, OPC (not currently serving)
Westminster Presbyterian Church, CA (OPC)
www.reiterations.wordpress.com
www.foft.wordpress.com

"When I cease to preach salvation by faith in Jesus, put me into a lunatic asylum, for you may be sure that my mind is gone." - Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Yes ,I read that Whitfield went through it all twice, I remember reading about others as well, that is some commitment!

I'm a midget of the faith standing upon the shoulders of better men than I, but I would like to read through the entire Matthew Henry commentary someday. Meanwhile, I'm working my way through the Matthew Henry study Bible, which is an abridged edition.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

I came across this:

He also said:

I read his commentary on the Pentateuch, the Psalms, and the Gospels all the way through each day before lunch. On Saturdays I generally take a couple hours and read the full commentary on the other 57 books (while wearing a hair shirt).

I guess I'm just a better Christian, I dunno.

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Joshua Wiseman
Riverview PCA
Charleston, WV

"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings."
- Psalm 17:8

I heard that the MHC were allegorical in many of its interpretations. Has anyone else heard this? Is he reformed? I have his study bible and his commentaries but have not read much of either.

How do I get the picture associated with my profile to show up when I post?

Erick Bohndorf
Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Kansas
Whitefield Seminary student

I've input your "sig" lines into your profile, so you shouldn't have to retype them every time.

You need to upload your "profile picture" instead to your "avatar" in order to get it to display next to your ID. Try that and see how it goes...

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Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI


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