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The Romans Revolution
Vol. 15, No. 1 • Jan/Feb 2006
Throughout these pages, readers will catch a glimpse of the enormous significance of Paul’s letter to the mostly Gentile Christians who were living in the capital of the world’s largest empire. Ever since new (or relatively young) believers heard these words, the good news of God’s riches in Christ for sinners has had no greater […]
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Romans Revolution
Throughout these pages, readers will catch a glimpse of the enormous significance of Paul’s letter to the mostly Gentile Christians who were living in the capital of the world’s largest empire. Ever since new (or relatively young) believers heard these words, the good news of God’s riches in Christ for sinners has had no greater […]
The Gospel Is the Power of God Unto Salvation
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” What is the salvation that Paul has in mind in Romans 1:16…?
A World Vew in a Few Words
Reflect on the last e-mail or personal letter that you have received. To understand properly even a short communication often entails a number of factors. We read with a knowledge of the sender, an awareness of his or her social location, a sensitivity to previous interaction, and so forth. At the most foundational level, the […]
“God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It” by Jim Wallis
A third of the way through God’s Politics, Jim Wallis takes aim at George W. Bush for using “religious language more than any president in U.S. history.” The problem is not the mixture of religion and politics but that the president’s quotations from the Bible are “either taken out of context or … employed in […]
“Christ Present in Faith: Luther’s View of Justification” by Tuomo Mannermaa
This book presents, for the first time in English, Tuomo Mannermaa’s controversial publication regarding Martin Luther’s understanding of faith and its relationship to justification, as well as the Christian life. Originally composed in Finnish as In ipsa fide Christus adest some 25 years ago, and available in German shortly thereafter, Christ Present in Faith has […]
The Transforming Message of Romans
The Transforming Message of Romans…To Augustine by Eric Landry Augustine of Hippo, the fourth century North African Christian bishop, was familiar with the Book of Romans even prior to his conversion. Before becoming a Christian, Augustine read Paul’s epistle as a Platonist, seeing Paul as an exegete of the “spiritual ascent” because of his contrasting […]
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The Wee Little Man and the Crescendo of Grace
We all have a list of people we think don’t deserve grace, and you’re likely on somebody else’s. And this, I think, was precisely Jesus’s point. He was more than willing to hobnob with the despised and rejected if it meant restoring them. He knew what Zacchaeus was and invited himself over anyway.
3 Reasons the Lord’s Supper Should Be Practiced in Public, Not Private
When practiced faithfully, the church remembers Christ, displays their unity, is strengthened in holiness, and proclaims the gospel until he comes. The Lord’s Table is not for isolated Christians—it is for the gathered church, where God nourishes his people and reminds them that their Redeemer is coming again.
A Window to the Gospel in the Story of Ruth
One of the most compelling books in the Old Testament is that of Ruth, which follows its namesake’s journey from Moabite widow to covenantal member in the family of promise.
Deliverance from the Divine Gavel
In Christ, you need not fear God’s gavel on the last day—let alone man’s lesser gavels. You can even look forward to that divine gavel with joyful anticipation, for it will signal God’s irreversible declaration that in Christ, you are innocent.
