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A Lifetime of Books and Ministry with D.A. Carson

Life and Books and Everything

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How Long Did It Take You to Write a Commentary on John?

i've been preaching since i was about 20. M, so my mind happily runs into m lines that a pastor might well trace out himself. It's not as if in every case i spent a few hours looking things up in a commentary. The idea of sitting down to write a commentary feels tedious to me. How long did it take you to do this really magisterial work on on john? And did it ever feel tedious when you were going through it?

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