Pentecostal scholar of the Spirit
Fee was that rare combination: a rigorous New Testament textual scholar and a convinced Pentecostal. God's Empowering Presence is an exhaustive study of every reference to the Spirit in Paul's letters — over nine hundred pages — and it is taken seriously by scholars who share none of his charismatic convictions, because the exegesis is done properly.
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, written with Douglas Stuart, is probably the best introduction to biblical interpretation ever written for non-specialists. It teaches genre: you do not read a psalm the way you read a law code, or a parable the way you read an epistle. That one insight prevents an enormous proportion of bad Bible reading.
A practical method for reading Scripture well — context, genre, the questions to ask of any passage, and how to avoid the mistakes that make the Bible confusing or dangerous.
Who the Holy Spirit is, what he does, how to walk in step with him, and where Christians differ on the gifts — the most neglected person of the Trinity, treated seriously.
The hymns, confessions and prayers Paul quotes in the 50s were already older. They worship Jesus as Lord within Jewish monotheism — evidence that has overturned the old theory of a slow deification.
Why each part of the Bible was written in its language, what is lost in translation, and the handful of words worth knowing to read Scripture better.
The spectrum from word-for-word to thought-for-thought, an honest assessment of the major English versions, and how to choose for study, for reading and for giving away.