The Letters of Paul

Studies and Reflections on Paul's Writings

Paul's Letter to the Romans

The Apostle Paul,

by Rembrandt van Rijn

 

Notes on Romans

My Journey in Understanding Romans

Predestination and Free Will in Romans 9 - 11:  What It Is and What It Isn't

Romans 9 - 11: Predestination and Free Will, Hardening of Hearts, Outreach to the Jewish Community (ppts)

Whose Family? Which Union?  Reflections on Scripture, Human Sexuality and God's Purposes

 

Messages from Romans

Romans 1:1 - 7 Jesus in the Midst of Other Heroes
Romans 1:8 - 17 I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel
Romans 1:18 - 20 God's Wrath Against the Corruption in Human Nature
Romans 1:21 - 32 Patient A in the Hospital of God:  The Control Freak
Romans 2:1 - 16 Patient B in the Hospital of God:  The Judgmental Moralizer
Romans 2:17 - 3:8 Patient C in the Hospital of God:  The Jewish Person
Romans 3:9 - 20 God's Diagnosis of the Infection
Romans 3:21 - 26 God's Response to Human Evil: The Faithfulness of Jesus
Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 Is There Any Hard Evidence that Jesus Was Really Amazing?  (and ppt pres)
Romans 4:1 - 25 What is Faith, Exactly?  What Are We Believing About God?
Romans 5:1 - 11 Our Confidence:  Christ in Us, the Hope of Glory
Romans 5:12 - 21 The Dreams that Refuse to Die
Romans 5:12 - 21 Jesus is God's New Humanity
Romans 6:1 - 11 The Grace of God in Our Healing: Our Death & Resurrection With Jesus
Romans 6:1 - 11 God's Victory Over Human Evil:  Our Death and Resurrection With Jesus 
Romans 6:12 - 14 God's Victory Over Human Evil:  We Present Ourselves to God
Romans 6:15 - 23 God's Victory Over Human Evil:  We Are Bondservants of Jesus
Romans 7:1 - 13 Our New Identity in Christ:  Married to Christ
Romans 7:7 - 8 Jesus and Jealousy
Romans 7:14 - 8:4 Jesus' Redemption of Human Desire
Romans 8:5 - 11 The Spirit of Jesus and God's New Humanity:  Indwelled by the Spirit
Romans 8:12 - 17 We Are Adopted into God's Family
Romans 8:18 - 25 Though We Suffer Now, We Hope for Renewal
Romans 8:26 - 39 This is the Love of God
Romans 9:1 - 11:36 Your Salvation is For Others
Romans 12:1 - 2 Be Transformed
Romans 12:3 - 8 Be Unified in the Body of Christ
Romans 12:3 - 8 Developing the Gift of Giving (video, Nov 16, 2014)
Romans 12:9 - 16 Love in Action
Romans 12:17 - 13:10 Responding to Violence and Evil
Romans 13:11 - 14 The Day is Coming Soon

 

Helpful books and articles:

* Biblical Hermeneutics, Why is δεδικαίωται Translated “Freed” In Many English Versions? Romans 6:7 (Biblical Hermeneutics website)

* Thomas Seraphim Hamilton, The True Beauty of Romans 9 (OrthoCath blog, Aug 2, 2012)

* N.T. Wright, New Perspectives on Paul

* N.T. Wright, Paul's Gospel and Caesar's Empire

* N.T. Wright, We Arrive at Romans 8 - Session One (video, May 2014)

* N.T. Wright, No Condemnation - Session Two (video, May 30, 2014)

* N.T. Wright, New Creation - Session Three (video, Jun 2, 2014)

* N.T. Wright, New Exodus, New Tabernacle - Session Four (video, Jun 2, 2014)

* N.T. Wright, New Vision of God - Session Five (video, Jun 2, 2014)

* N.T. Wright, New Vocation for the Christian - Session Six (video, Jun 2, 2014)

* N.T. Wright, God's Powerful Foolishness in a World of Foolish Power - Session Seven (video, Jun 3, 2014)

 

 

 

  

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