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...
Tag: Torah
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...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 6:1-7:6–Baptism! Slavery! Marriage! (What do they all have in common?) (Part 11)
Romans 6:1-7:6 really act as a unit—it is a shame that whoever put in chapter breaks, put the beginning of chapter 7 where it currently is. What we find here is...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 5:12-21–Adam and Christ, What is Paul Really Talking About? (Spoiler Alert: Not Original Sin or the Historicity of Adam) (Part 10)
We now come to Romans 5:12-21, a section, ironically that is often used by young earth creationists to argue for the historicity of Adam. The argument basically...
Romans 3:21-31–Righteousness Through Faith In Christ (AKA: Adventures in Atonement–Part 7)
In my last post, I gave the analogy of the Torah being like a medical report that diagnoses cancer. As welcomed and vital as that medical report is, only a fool...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Romans 3:1-20–What’s the Advantage? (Part 6)
As we move on to Romans 3, we need to remember that Paul is in the process of building an argument. He is ultimately going to get to the question, “How does the...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: The Jewish Dilemma in the 1st Century, and the Christian Dilemma in the 21st Century (Part 2)
If you want to even begin to understand anything in the New Testament, be it the gospels or Paul’s letters, you need to make sure you have a handle on what was ...