From Galatians 1-3 Do Gentile Christians have to observe God’s commands in the law of Moses? Is it a sin for them not too? Are these commands the way you can tell who God’s people [ Read More … ]
From Romans 4-7 Its logical to assume someone will not do anything for their enemies, let alone die for them. But on the other hand, if there was someone good, someone valuable. Then perhaps they [ Read More … ]
From Romans 3.27-4.25 In today’s passage IJ asks Paul about Abraham. Abraham was circumcised therefore he must have been justified by works? Paul responds no, not before God. He then describes how God made Abraham [ Read More … ]
From Romans 3.1-26 In today’s passage Paul includes Jews like IJ in the dock of judgment and accountability for sin along with the unrighteous Gentiles. All seems lost. ‘But now’, Paul says. But now God [ Read More … ]
From Romans 1.18-2.29 In Romans 1-4 Paul is speaking to an imaginary Jew and the style of communication Paul employs is called diatribe. Biblical scholars Stowers and Campbell have shown from the text Paul is [ Read More … ]
I accidentally read a whole commentary on Romans. I got it in the first case because it applies two concepts to its reading of Romans I’m interested in. A reading of Romans which engages with the interlocutor Paul [ Read More … ]
From Luke 10-11 God commands his people to love their neighbour as they love themselves. Who is your neighbour? Are there people you would rather not love? Who are the people whom you consider least [ Read More … ]
Welcome to this series of posts giving a survey of what the early church fathers have written about justification and works of law with reference to Paul. Click this link to go to the first [ Read More … ]
“This book is meant as an introduction to the apostle Paul for laypersons and undergraduate students and as a refresher for pastors and ministers. My objective is to get people excited about reading Paul’s letters, [ Read More … ]
Contents Faith, without expecting something in return Justification by Grace Alone Brendan O’Neill on the Intolerance of the Liberal Left on SSM The Bible Project Bible Characters Who Should Get Their Own TV Dramas The [ Read More … ]