(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 ...
This more “horizontal” reading of Romans—and of all of Paul’s letters—has been embraced and widely disseminated by N. T. Wright (Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology, 1992), ...
How Western readers miss the meaning of Paul’s letter—and how an Eastern perspective can correct the imbalance. For much of church history, Christians have brought Western cultural assumptions to ...
Romans 3 Human sin and depravity; justification through faith and not through observance of the Law. Romans 4 Abraham was saved through faith not through the Law (circumcision). Romans 7 Human beings ...