Romans 1:1-7 forms the salutation of the letter to the Romans. Greco-Roman letter salutations customarily included the name of the author, the name of the recipients, and a greeting. Any of these three elements could be expanded according to the purpose of the letter writer. The salutation of Romans is by far the longest of the salutations of any of the surviving (and canonical) letters of Paul. The expansion is almost entirely found in the name of the author. That is, Paul spends far...

Trusting the Wild, Living God The Psalms usually make me uneasy. Sometimes, like with verse 1 of this psalm, I have a hard time relating...

Psalm 104 is a sung theology of worship. It performs what it bears witness to. And as Wesleyans, we are no strangers to seeing prayer and...