Christians are always, in a sense, outsiders. We have the joy and privilege to be a leaven for good in society. That’s an exhilarating vocation. It means working for as much justice and virtue in ...

Within Christian circles it is quite common for someone to say that a verse of scripture has had a special meaning for them, or even has caused a life-changing moment. Yet one book of the Bible ...

(RNS) — The evangelical New Testament scholar says we need to hear Paul tell us to treat one another as siblings and tolerate one another in our differences. (RNS) — Paul’s letter to the Romans is the ...

Paul’s letter to the Romans is the pinnacle of the apostle’s theology — a dense, rich text that biblical studies experts have been poring over for centuries. But I’m willing to bet that few of those ...

That the apostle Paul wrote the epistle to the Romans is not a matter of dispute. But when we recognize that Paul is the author we must not fail to appreciate what this involves in relation to the ...

Written some 2000 years ago, Paul's Letter to the Romans, as its name suggests, addresses the situation and concerns of first century Romans. And yet, this letter from Paul, like all of Scripture, is ...

Those paying the $90 price for this commentary in the distinguished Hermenia series can scarcely complain that the book was lightly tossed off. It includes 70 pages of front matter (such as ...