by TRENT CASTO
Book Review
The Reformed Expository Commentary series has proven to be an abundant blessing. While preachers will welcome every volume in this outstanding series, a comprehensive exposition of Deuteronomy is especially gratifying. Those who have never preached or taught through Deuteronomy verse by verse have missed a truly remarkable opportunity.
This exceptional commentary on the final book of the Pentateuch brings together a wealth of themes from biblical revelation and biblical theology. Moreover, its author is an active pastor, serving as the senior pastor of Naples Covenant Presbyterian Church in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). From its inception, this series has demonstrated remarkable strength, and this volume once again confirms the value that preachers will continue to find throughout the series.
As Casto explains, Deuteronomy presents God as the great Suzerain King, who fulfills His covenant promises to His vassal people while confronting them with a decisive question: Will they remain faithful to Him and receive life, or reject His ways and end in death? As Casto further observes, every generation of God’s people faces precisely the same question.
