Richard Dawkins and “The God Delusion”: Old Testament Atrocities (Part 17)
In our trek through Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, we have now come to chapter 7, where he turns his attention specifically to the Bible. Let me say up fron...
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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...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 8:1-17–Life in the Flesh vs. Life in the Spirit (Part 13)
We now come to Romans 8—the point Paul has been building up to throughout his entire argument. So pay attention… Now, Romans 7:7-25 is, to say the least, quite...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Romans 7:7-25–Oh that Sin, it gets you every time! (Part 12)
The late Christian music pioneer Keith Green had a song entitled “Romans VII.” It was on his album, So You Want To Go Back to Egypt? If you were a Christian kid...