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Earlier in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Paul emphasized that there are varieties of gifts from the Spirit. There are also varieties of services informed by the Lord, and varieties of deeds activated by God. Now in (...)

For Paul, belief in the bodily resurrection is not optional. It does not matter to him how scandalous it sounds. The scandal is part of the good news. Nonetheless, some of the Corinthians must have (...)

Ash Wednesday carries with it an annual tension between empty, external and genuine, radical acts of piety. With ashen crosses smudged on our foreheads, we hear Jesus say, “Beware of practicing your piety before others (...)

Paul’s Letter to the Romans is about “the good news of God” (euangelion theou) for which he was called as an apostle and set apart. “The good news of God” (or “the gospel of God”) (...)

In Romans, Paul declares the good news that God restores and makes right people’s covenant relationships through Jesus Christ’s obedience (Romans 1:16-17; 3:21-26). In the middle section of the letter, he describes the shape of (...)

Paul has explained how God’s righteousness or justice (dikaiosyne) has been revealed through the gospel in the first four chapters in Romans. After having used Abraham as an example of justification by faith in Israel’s (...)

Our lectionary text belongs to Romans 1:18—4:2, in which Paul presents the thesis of “God’s righteousness revealed in the gospel of Christ crucified.” In 1:18—3:18, Paul notes that the entire human race is “under the (...)

While the authorship of 2 Thessalonians is questioned by many scholars, interpreting the letter in light of Paul’s thought world, particularly in relation to 1 Thessalonians, is necessary for the purpose of preaching. The opening (...)

The second of three consecutive readings from Romans is designated for the second Sunday of Advent. This passage is the climax of the broader argument of Romans 14-15 about the division in the community between (...)

School children are often asked to name their heroes.1 This type of task gives them a chance to think about the qualities that make a role model and how they might imitate someone they admire. (...)