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August 2006

August 14, 2006

Inseparable Love

The 6th and 7th questions of Romans 8:31-39 is this: "Who will separate us from...

August 11, 2006

When all the prosecutors dropped their charges

Question #5: "Who is to condemn?" That's a good question. Who might Paul have in...

August 10, 2006

Nobody!

Romans 8:31-39 is a series of seven questions about the logic of love, the logic...

August 09, 2006

Predestined to conformity

At the very center of the world's redemption is Jesus Christ, the Son of God....

August 08, 2006

Romans 8:28

This verse, the "God works all things together..." verse, needs nothing other than its verse...

August 07, 2006

Spirit’s Intercession

A genuine Christian experience in prayer is to come to the edge of the road...

August 04, 2006

Groaners

Three voices are groaning at the same time, and if you listen you will hear...

August 03, 2006

Not worth it!

Within the emerging movement there has been a much-needed shift from emphasizing future redemption to...

August 02, 2006

God’s Spirit testifies with our spirit

Paul is willing to let the penny drop and one place he does is that...

August 01, 2006

Anticipating the Grave

Christian existence in the Spirit of God, Paul says in Romans 8:12-17, is learning to...

July 2006

July 28, 2006

Romans 7-8: Summary theses

NT Wright has a lengthy, ten-point summary of Romans 7:1--8:11. Here are this theses: 1....

July 27, 2006

The Spirit is Life

Christians, according to Romans 8:9-11, are not in the flesh. They are in the Spirit....

July 26, 2006

Spirit Indicators

The indicator that a mind is set on the things of the Spirit, according to...

July 25, 2006

“For God did”

"... what the Torah, weakened by the flesh, could not do." So Romans 8:3. What...

July 24, 2006

In Christ

For NT Wright, everything pertaining to redemption occurs in Christ -- Christ does it all...

July 21, 2006

No Condemnation

Paul is fond of jumping ahead in his argument, and sometimes it makes us feel...

July 20, 2006

Rock Bottom Reality

"So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but...

July 19, 2006

The Struggling “I”

Here are Paul's central theses in 7:14-20: (1) the Torah is spiritual, but (2) the...

July 18, 2006

The “I” is captive to sin and flesh

Romans 7:12 ends with the Torah being holy and just and good. So, Paul now...

July 17, 2006

Is the Torah sin?

That's the question Paul asks in Romans 7:7-12. "That the law is sin?" N.T. Wright:...

July 14, 2006

Who is “I”?

This is not bad grammar, but a potent question: "Who is the 'I' of Romans...

July 13, 2006

How Long Does the Law Last?

Until Christ. That's the short answer. The Torah was added to the Covenant promises of...

July 12, 2006

Does God accept us as we are?

Tom Wright says "no." Grace, he says, does reach down to us where we are...

July 11, 2006

In the Employ of Justice for Sainthood

I'm struck once again by Paul's comment in Romans 6:18: "You have been set from...

July 10, 2006

Mastered by Grace

"It is now technically impossible," NT Wright says, "for the Christian to present his own...

July 07, 2006

Our Co-Co Life

Here are Tom Wright's words at the end of Romans 6:11: "If someone challenged him...

July 06, 2006

How big is baptism to you?

Nearly every human being with a taste for mischief explores what Paul says in Romans...

July 05, 2006

Behind the Torah, in came Grace

In Paul's mind the more sin we can demonstrate the more grace can be discovered....

July 03, 2006

When the Torah walked through the door

Romans 5:20 would have shocked the observant Jew of the 1st Century. "The law was...

June 2006

June 30, 2006

“Brings life for all”

There is a translation issue here in Romans 5:18, but the translation issue is not...