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October 2012

October 30, 2012

Creation Groans; But Why? (RJS)

One of the passages that comes into play in the discussion of modern science and...

March 2012

March 06, 2012

Paul’s Adam and the Gospel (RJS)

Chapter seven of the new book by Peter Enns, The Evolution of Adam: What the...

October 2010

October 31, 2010

Getting Back to Basics

One of my seminary professors said to me privately, when I mentioned a monster commentary...

March 2009

March 10, 2009

Romans 8: Creation Groans (RJS)

We have spent several posts looking at Gen 1-3 and at Paul's understanding of Genesis...

November 2007

November 13, 2007

Bringing Romans Back to Life

Romans seems to have two kinds of responses today: either it is the book of...

September 2007

September 19, 2007

Preaching Romans

Ever since I was in college and took a line-by-line course on Romans with Dr....

October 2006

October 27, 2006

Now to him who is able

Nearly 125 posts later we come to the end of this series on Romans and...

October 26, 2006

Greetings from others

In Romans 16:21-24, Paul trots out his companions who wish to offer their greetings to...

October 25, 2006

Dissensions: Once again

Wright has impressed me with the need to see the divisive nature of the threat...

October 24, 2006

The house groups of Rome

NT Wright, who admits up front that we should exercise caution, suggests that the list...

October 23, 2006

Greetings

Paul gives a long list of greetings in Romans 16:1-16. Wright suggests the reasons for...

October 20, 2006

Gentiles helping Jerusalem

Before Paul heads to Spain, Romans 15:25-29 tells us, he will return to Jerusalem with...

October 19, 2006

New areas

Paul says his task is to go to unreached peoples -- to go to new...

October 18, 2006

Staying on one’s turf

Paul has undoubtedly heard of what God is doing through the gospel in other places,...

October 17, 2006

Paul’s Priestly Duty

We can now see the landing field from our window as Paul banks to the...

October 16, 2006

Local Welcome

As NT Wright goes to great pains to show, Romans is about including both Jews...

October 13, 2006

May the God of …

I like the prayers of the Bible that begin with "May the God of ..."....

October 12, 2006

Christ did not please himself

Paul doesn't often appeal to the teachings of Jesus. Sometimes Paul simply takes a big...

October 11, 2006

We who are strong

One of the most interesting features of reading Paul is that it is like listening...

October 10, 2006

Stumbling blocks

I was reared in the kind of Christian faith that made this category of "stumbling...

October 09, 2006

“To the Lord”

Here's the singular principle of Paul that enables Christians to dwell together in unity is...

October 06, 2006

Let each be convinced

If food laws can be a source of disruption in a local church, so can...

October 05, 2006

Dealing with Differences

"Welcome," Paul starts chp 14 of Romans, "those who are weak in faith." As NT...

October 04, 2006

Living in the Light

Eschatology is cast through the prism of light in Romans 13:11-14: it's all about living...

October 03, 2006

Paul and Jesus Creed

Paul argues that to love your neighbor as yourself, from Leviticus 19:18, is (1) our...

October 02, 2006

Financial Order

Last Friday we observed that Jesus himself knew that the sons of the kingdom were...

September 2006

September 29, 2006

Romans 13 and Government 5

Romans 13:5 is a near echo of a saying of Jesus: "Therefore, it is necessary...

September 28, 2006

Romans 13 and Government 4

Rebelling against authorities is rebellion against God -- so Paul at Romans 13:2-4. Tom Wright...

September 27, 2006

Romans 13 and Government 3

How, Tom Wright asks, can Paul ask his readers to submit to the authorities if...

September 26, 2006

Romans 13 and Government 2

In our two-day introduction to Romans 13:1-7, we now turn to Wright's taxonomy of how...