We’ve not been trained to read Romans well in the Protestant tradition. This unfortunate circumstance makes passages like this difficult to fit into what we’ve traditionally held to be the main argument of Romans. For many, the central idea of Romans is justification by faith, or salvation by grace, but what we ultimately mean is that we are saved by a choice. The image that accompanies this is of a long line of individuals, capable of making the one important decision in life: to accept the...

Easter Season: Marked By Absence The liturgical season of Easter begins and ends with absence. At the beginning, we mark the absence of...

One of the main questions that circulates among scholars regarding Ephesians is whether or not Paul wrote it. Without delving too deeply...