{"id":61720,"date":"2025-12-01T01:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61720"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:33:32","slug":"best-commentaries-on-haggai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-haggai\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Haggai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Kenneth Quick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenneth Quick is Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at Capital Seminary and Graduate School in Greenbelt, Maryland. Previously, Ken was a Senior Pastor for 23 years. He now serves as Director of Consulting for Blessing Point Ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pieter A. Verhoef, The Books of Haggai and Malachi: The New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark J. Boda, Haggai, Zechariah. The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eugene H. Merrill, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: An Exegetical Commentary (N.L.: Create Space, 2014).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. From Kenneth Quick Kenneth Quick is Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at Capital Seminary and Graduate School in Greenbelt, Maryland. Previously, Ken was a Senior Pastor for 23 years. 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