Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Honest and insightful

The commentary on Romans by Douglas Moo is a wonderful place to start if you are trying to get a grip on this epistle. Moo apparently put a lot of thought into including all the various viewpoints when discussing controversial passages. When you finish, not only will you know which view Moo favors, but the strengths and weakness of the other viewpoints. I especially liked his discussion of election.Moo includes a lot of background information on Paul, controversies in the early church, insightful comments by early church leaders and the reformers like Luther and Calvin. All this makes for a large book, but he does a very thorough job in this well written commentary on Romans. I do wish that he would have spent a little more time on Romans 3:23 and 6:23, but they have been covered exhaustively elsewhere. If you like this commentary, be sure to pick up his commentary on James. (...)