Overview
Kerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the main message in a biblical text. Each volume uniquely combines the insights of an experienced Bible exegete (trained in interpretation) and a homiletician (trained in preaching). These two authors work together to explain the essential message for the original listeners or readers, unpack its timeless truth, and then provide a contemporary restatement and communication insights for the key biblical concept. Every book is a resource designed and written with the real needs of the pastor and teacher always in sight, providing many ways to creatively express the principal thought in a biblical passage. Based on the Big Idea preaching model, Kerux enhances the reader's ability to deliver a message that is biblical, cohesive, and dynamic. While Genesis sits as the very first book of the Bible, many Christians are unaware of the richness this book has to offer. Symbolism, unfamiliar traditions or practices, and cultural differences can make Genesis confusing and difficult to understand, and application nearly impossible. Authors John M. Soden and Randal E. Pelton use the model of deep exegetical insights paired with pastoral teachings to demonstrate how Genesis fits within God's story for creation, as well as what that means for our lives today. Through rich theological insight, pastors, teachers, and theologians alike are invited to think deeply on Genesis, and to investigate the richness that the first book of the Bible has to offer with the goal of sharing that richness with others.
Full Product Details
Author: John M Soden ,
Randal Emery Pelton
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Imprint: Kregel Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 19.30cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 1.479kg
ISBN: 9780825425509
ISBN 10: 0825425506
Pages: 752
Publication Date: 18 March 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Reliable. Insightful. Personal. This will preach. John Soden pours a lifetime of research on Genesis into the resource preachers need. Soden's commentary explains the text and navigates the underlying issues. From creation to the Hebrew ancestors, this is the commentary for ministers of the word""--Gary Edward, PhD Schnittjer ""distinguished professor of Old Testament, Cairn University"" (8/8/2025 12:00:00 AM)
Author Information
John M. Soden (ThM, PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) teaches Old Testament at Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School. Prior to coming to LBC, he was a pastor in Colorado. He and his wife, Janet, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Randal E. Pelton is senior pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Pelton also teaches at Lancaster Bible College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He conducts preaching workshops for various denominations and he blogs at peltonpreaching.com.
