The first ever commentary from African Protestant Theologians has been finished. Just like reading old commentaries can help a person to distinguish Bible from culture, reading a commentary from a conglomeration of over 250 different cultures can help as well.

It’s the difference between learning the book, Things Fall Apart from an Igbo person that was raised in the villages versus learning about it from a Anglo-Saxon American male. The former describes the Igbo culture, the latter compares a story to a Greek tragedy. Closer to home, it’s the difference between how the North describes the Civil War and how the South describes the War of Northern Aggression – it’s all a matter of perspective.

I have too many books, but I would like to get this one if I could. How wonderful to see Jesus through the eyes of someone entirely different from me.