Reading: Romans 7-8, Psalm 136 Having issued his challenge to the Romans Christians to live according to the law of Jesus as King instead of working for sin for death, Paul moves on to explaining how the law is actually a good thing, even if we cannot ever keep it.
Reading: Romans 5-6, Psalm 135 “What is the therefore there for?” When I was in middle school I learned one of the most important interpretive questions one can ask while reading Paul’s writing. Actually, it is pretty good while reading anyone’s writing, but it comes into play so much when
Reading: Romans 3-4, Psalm 134 Yesterday we read Paul’s argument that Jesus is the only person with the right to judge anyone else, because he is the only person to live up to even their own standards of what good and bad. While it is not universally accepted, one of
Reading: Romans 1-2, Psalm 133 Ten years ago, when I was in seminary (the first time…), I sat down to read Anglican bishop N.T. Wright’s book titled Justification. I was very interested in various views on the subject of atonement through the death of Christ, and Wright is a pretty
Reading: Acts 25-26, Psalm 131 Today’s reading opens on yet another trial for the apostle Paul. He has been in prison for two years during the rule of the Procurator Felix, but upon the appointment of Porcius Festus he gets another chance to defend himself. Aside from his name sounding
Reading: Acts 23-24, Psalm 130 Following his arrest and detainment by the local authorities in Rome, Paul gets a chance to address the sanhedrin, the same judging body that Jesus stood before during the night before his crucifixion. Paul, who in other times would almost certainly been sitting on such