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 ...

LATELY a grieving son of the Dispersion has come among you writing thoughts which may deceive your understanding because of the yearning in his heart and the manifest sincerity of his speech. He bids ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...