Commentary on Romans 9:1-5
The anguish of heart toward another fellow human being drives us to a lament, which [...]
Second Reading
Commentary on Romans 9:1-5
The first few verses of Romans 9 are surprisingly self-referential. Verse 1 contains a three-fold [...]
Commentary on Romans 10:5-15
This passage appears in the middle of Romans 9-11. Those chapters stand as a discrete [...]
Commentary on Romans 10:5-15
This week’s passage is the third in a series of three arguments Paul makes, beginning [...]
Commentary on Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
The lectionary does us no favors by splitting Romans 11 [...]
Commentary on Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
A cursory reading of Romans might lead one to think [...]
Commentary on Romans 12:1-8
One could probably preach on this passage for months without much repetition, except for its [...]
Commentary on Romans 12:1-8
At first glance, Paul’s appeal to his audience to “present your bodies as a living [...]
Commentary on Romans 12:9-21
It can be challenging to preach from this lectionary passage. It’s not that it lacks [...]
Commentary on Romans 12:9-21
We are tempted to skip a passage like this in preaching. Verse 9 has no [...]