A Bit of an Update on Things…AND MY COMMERCIAL (sort of!)
I haven’t written anything on my blog for about a month. The reason for that is a combination of things. This summer was “the summer of putting the house back t...
Category: Romans
In Praise of Dr. Gordon Fee (d. October 25, 2022)
If you know anything about Biblical Studies over the last fifty years, you probably have heard about Dr. Gordon Fee. One of the top textual critics of his time,...
William Lane Craig: Searching for a Historical Adam in the Genre of Myth (Part 3: A Book Analysis of “In Quest for the Historical Adam)
We now come to Part 3 of my book analysis series on William Lane Craig’s book, In Quest for the Historical Adam. In this post, I will cover Chapters 5-7. Let’s ...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapters 15-16–Thus Ends the Argument (Plus Some “Pro-Woman Stuff” at the End) (Part 21)
Here we come to the end of Romans, where Paul sums up his argument for unity in the Church. Romans 15:1-6 After his comments on “food and drink,” and how Jews s...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 14–Living with the Strong and the Weak in the Church (Part 20)
The final section of Paul’s argument in Romans is found in 14:1-15:13. It deals with relationships within the community of faith. Or to put it another way, it t...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 13–Authority (Respect it!) and Taxes (Pay it!) (Part 19)
News flash: Christians are not called to live only within their Christian community. They also have live in the real world, with pagans and secular (and sometim...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 12–Priests, Sacrifices, and What is Good–and a Few Burning Coals (Part 18)
With all that “Gospel theology” in Romans 1-8, and then the questions regarding ethnic Israel now explained in Romans 9-11, Paul turns his attention to explaini...
Paul’s Letters to the Romans: Chapter 11–Remnants, Idolaters, and True Israel (Part 17)
In Romans 11, Paul wraps up his argument of Romans 9-11. Remember, Romans 9-11 is all focused on the issue regarding why Paul’s fellow Jews missed out and rejec...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 10–Okay, How Did the Jews Screw Up? (Part 16)
Before we move on to Romans 10, I want to point out that we must realize that the issues Paul is addressing in 9-11 are issues he had been dealing with for year...
Introduction to Romans 9-11: Get Ready for Some Fireworks…Even Some Dispensationalism and Predestination! (Part 15)
Romans 1-8 is perhaps the most clearly delineated presentation of the Gospel in the entire New Testament. Hopefully, my mini-commentary on Romans 1-8 has been h...