A Youth Worker's Commentary on James

This is a fantastic commentary on James. I almost regret that it's branded as a “youth worker's commentary”, as there's very little that would only be of interest to youth workers. This is a popular level commentary, but Nystrom and Christie have REALLY done their homework in the academic literature and really do share high level academic insights in an accessible way. The application and discussion questions are also really substantive and robust — unlike many books with accompanying discussion questions. In short - if you want one proper, robust commentary that will effectively summarize and synthesize a broad sweep of literature on James without dumbing it down, this really is the best one I've encountered.