Commentary on Romans 10:5-15
A preacher might get at this very challenging text from one of two directions.1 Each [...]
Second Reading
Commentary on Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
A cursory reading of Romans might lead one to think [...]
Commentary on Romans 8:12-25
In Greek, even more than in English, the word for “flesh” (sarx) points to something [...]
Commentary on Romans 8:26-39
This reading includes some of the most familiar and comforting words we have from the [...]
Commentary on Romans 7:15-25a
Romans 7 has played a crucial role in Christian anthropology.1 Whether one derives from this [...]
Commentary on Romans 8:1-11
Until this point in Romans, Paul has taken his hearers through the “shadowlands” of the [...]
Commentary on Romans 6:1b-11
The letter to Romans is a Pauline manual for Christians who wrestle with the human [...]
Commentary on Romans 6:12-23
This reading is a continuation of Romans 6:1-11, where we discussed theological themes of sin [...]
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
In 2 Corinthians 5:13 Paul admits to madness: exestemen. This [...]
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
The twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost marks the last Sunday in [...]
