Oct 22, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, Romans
I don’t know your story, but I can guess that at least a few of my readers are experiencing significant anxiety over unemployment or under-employment. Perhaps you have a family member who was just diagnosed with an illness–or perhaps you yourself have just...
Oct 23, 2013 | Psalms, Theology
When the apostle Paul wrote that the righteousness of God would be revealed, (Romans 1:17) he was talking about something a lot bigger than just God’s moral virtue. In my last blog, I explained that the righteousness of God very often refers to God’s faithfulness to...
Oct 16, 2013 | Romans, The Bible, Theology
More Than Moral Virtue When we read Paul’s letter to the church in Rome, it’s easy for us to assume that the word “righteousness” refers only to moral virtue. Actually, the word means much more than that. The scriptures certainly teach about moral virtue, but the word...
Oct 9, 2013 | Christian Living, Romans, Theology
Paul wrote in his letter to the Romans that he was “called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.” (Romans 1:1) Exactly what did he mean when he used the word gospel? Gospel in Greek The word gospel has two related, but distinct, meanings in scripture. In...
Sep 11, 2013 | Christian Living, Romans, Theology
In two of my recent blog posts, I talked about the fact that you can’t properly understand New Testament theology unless you have an appreciation for the writers’ eschatology—their beliefs about the end times. Eschatology When we use the word eschatology today we...