Archives for the ‘romans’ Category

what's next?

Classes have wrapped up, the Spring sun is shining, things are changing. The question is what is next.

week10: concluding remarks

This is our last meeting! We will be concluding our wonderful journey through Paul’s letter to the Romans.

week9: weak & strong

Romans 14:1-15:13 This is the final plea of Paul, for the Roman Christians to live transformed lives in the image of Jesus Christ.

week8: church, state, & love

Chapter 13 can easily be misunderstood if taken out of the historical & textual context. Within this short chapter Paul deals with one’s relation to the state and also one’s neighbor.

week8: living sacrifices

We will be looking at Romans 12:1 – 21 this week. There he presents a series of general exhortations that illustrate life in the Spirit as described in Romans 8.

contemporary debate: justification & righteousness

[Here] is a post by Andrew Jones, one of the prolific Christian bloggers of the web, highlighting a current debate/conversation going back and forth across the Atlantic. I bring attention to this for your sake; so that you would know what the current state of theological debate is on the larger scene beyond our classroom. [...]

reflections from Mark Driscoll

Here are some reflective thoughts from Mark Driscoll about Romans 11:36–12:1

Resources: John MacArthur sermons

I found a pretty amazing resource for some teachings on Romans.

week7: Israel's Unbelief

This week we will look at the question of Israel’s unbelief of the Messiah. Paul’s explanation is very interesting; I was rather surprised by it myself.

week6: divine purpose & hope

Romans 8:18-9:30 We will look at our cosmic hope and God’s sovereignty choice with unbelieving Israel.